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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
June 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 678
Sworn statement from civilian contractor with the Titan Corp. concerning his role and duties in the interrogation of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in October 2003. Stated that he/she did not witness nudity, use of dogs (heard them) and heard ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
May 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 690
Sworn statement of a civilian contractor linguist from the Titan Corp. assigned to Abu Ghraib prison in July 2003. He states that he was one of the first group of linguists/translators to arrive at Abu Ghraib and the training on detainee ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Sexual, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
June 14, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 692
"Techniques as sleep deprivation were a common thing. Sleep management was part of the extended IROE.. Of CACI interrogator: "he told me, ' I have been doing this for 20 years and I do not need a 20 yr old telling me how to do my job'. . . . ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Abdul Rauf Aliza
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 694
Contract interrogator from CACI assigned to Abu Ghraib from November 23, 2003 to the end of January 2004. The Interrogator stated "I never personally used or saw dogs being used in interrogations. My impression was that the dogs were used as an ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Walling, General, Threat, Family/others, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Nudity, Other
May 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 697
This statement of a CACI civilian contractor hired as a Screener was assigned to Abu Ghraib prison in min-November 2003. He remained there for two (2) months. He states he was not properly trained in the Interrogation Rules of Engagement (IROE) ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Forced grooming
May 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 700
This statement of a CACI civilian contractor hired as a Screener was assigned to Abu Ghraib prison in min-November 2003. He remained there for two (2) months. He states he was not properly trained in the Interrogation Rules of Engagement (IROE) ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Use of electricity, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Forced grooming
May 26, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 704
This is the sworn statement of an Army officer with the 800th Military Police brigade Staff assigned to Abu Ghraib prison in October 2003. He explained that he retained responsibility for detainee operations. Discussed some of the rules set by ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
May 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 716
Unknown interviewee was assigned to AG to establish connectivity of computers. Recalled an incident where an MI explained to an interrogator that a detainee was unavailable for interrogation because he had been interrogated for 10 hrs, stripped ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Other
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 724
Sworn statement of a Sergeant with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade concerning interrogations at Abu Ghraib Prison and possible detainee abuse. The Sergeant was assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
June 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 727
This Sergeant was assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from May 22, 2003 to November 4, 2003. The Sergeant stated "MPs never used physical force, withheld food, humiliated or otherwise abused detainees as a control measure. Military Police (MP) were ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity