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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July 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2558

Statement of Sergeant First Class who served as an interrogator. Describes interrogations, and states that only specific interrogators conduct interrogations. Continues, "Our command has authorization to detain people longer than 72 ...

June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Assault/death, Cramped confinement, Hooding/Goggling, Other Humiliation, Threat, Environmental manipulation
July 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2559
Sworn statement by "one of the team members who conducts interrogations of the detainees" at the THF (Temporary Holding Facility) at the Adhamiya Palace Complex. Interrogator states that he has "never used stress positions," and states, "At no ...
June 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2560
Sworn Statement by an IP, who talks about investigations. States, "When I was a policeman, I did not arrest anyone.... I did not interrogate people and I did not interrogate people with the Americans."
June 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2561
Sworn Statement by an interpreter. States, "I'm a lawyer and I used to be an interrogator, so sometimes you can't force a person to give you information.... Even I know about Human Rights." States, "I've never seen anyone use sticks, wires, or dogs."
June 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2562
Sworn Statement by Commander of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division regarding interrogations. States that he was unaware of allegations that a detainee had been sodomized during an interrogation, but that he was surprised because the division had ...
June 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2563
Sworn statement. Contents entirely redacted.
June 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2564
Sworn statement by interrogator from 1st Airborne Division. Discusses interrogations at Adhamiya, and talks about the difficulty of getting reliable interpreters. States, "I've not heard any allegations of abuse at [redacted], except from the ...
June 26, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2565
Sworn statement by Chief Warrant Officer 2, an assistant detachment commander who participated in interrogations. This statement concerns a woman and her two (2) brothers who were captured in connection with anti-coalition attacks. One of the ...
June 26, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2566
Sworn statement by a medical sergeant. States, "I did not interrogate detainees. I was present for many interrogations.... I performed medical screenings on detainees all the time." Continues, "No detainee showed any sign of abuse and I never ...
Dec. 27, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2567
Statement of a Specialist First Class (SPF) in December 2003 concerning describing information derived from the interrogation of suspected resistance members in the Azimiyah area that incriminates family members as being a member of the ...