After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

This database documents the U.S. government's official experiment with torture. At present, the database contains well over 100,000 pages of government documents obtained primarily through Freedom of Information Act litigation and requests filed by the ACLU, and through litigation of Salim v. Mitchell, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the survivors and the family of a dead victim of the CIA torture program. To learn more about the database, please read the About and Search Help pages. If you're a developer, you can also access this data through our API.

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Apr. 10, 2003 | NCIS | USAF | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1888
Memo summarizes the interview of a Camp Delta detainee. Two interviews were conducted by Special Agents with the FBI, a Special Agent with the Air Force (AFOSI) and a Special Agent with NCIS, also, a linguist was present to translate in both ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Other
June 08, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 1923

NCIS interview of a detainee at Guantanamo regarding his activities in Afghanistan. The detainee stated that he traveled throughout Afghanistan doing charity work and teaching the Koran. The detainee stated that he never took up arms while in ...

Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File (NCIS), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other
Sept. 14, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1930
Detainee states that he is a member of the Jama'al al-Tabligh (JT) organization, which he claims is a peaceful organization and not associated with the Taliban. The detainee did admit that he joined the Taliban, but states he only did it because ...
Oct. 17, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1931
On September 14, 2004, a detainee stated that when he was captured (possibly in Khowst), an individual forced him to talk by holding a knife to his throat. Then he was forced to hold his hands out to carry sandbags, which caused abrasions in his ...
Nov. 30, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1948
US personnel captured an Afghani male, 25-27 years of age on or about 11/04/03. When processed by USSF medical staff, he had several bruises to his hips, groin and buttocks area (some severe to minor) and numerous burns to his chest. The Staff ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File, Photograph
Other
CSRT | ACLU-RDI 579
Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he supported Al Qaida against the coalition, undergoing training at the Al-Farouq camp in Afghanistan. Detainee claims that he was ...
Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Other
Nov. 02, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 580

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he supported Al Qaida and Taliban forces, including receiving weapons training and participating in military operations against the ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Mohammed Ahmed Said Haidel
Physical assault, General
CSRT | ACLU-RDI 582

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he is affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaida, having stayed in Al Qaida guesthouses and undergone military training at Camp ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Yasin Qasem Muhammad Ismail
Physical assault, General
CSRT | ACLU-RDI 586

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he engaged in hostilities against coalition forces. Detainee was captured in Khowst, Afghanistan with [redacted] Pacha Khan, a ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Khandan Kadir
Other
Dec. 17, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 587

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he engaged in hostilities against the United States by attacking the Shkin firebase. Detainee claimed that he had been tricked ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Abdul Nasir
Other