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
Apr. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 777
Interviewee arrived to AG October 15, 2003 to conduct interrogation operations. Stated that "I did see naked detainees. I think it happened one night in December. . . . I believe anytime there was a new detainee in the segregation area they ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation
DOD | ACLU-RDI 781
Interviewee was assigned to AG in early October as a the day shift Supervisor of Tier 1-3. Stated that he/she was unaware of detainee abuse and photos until it was reported on TV. Did recall, in mid-December "[o]ne day as I was walking the hard ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Use of electricity, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Other
May 26, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 783
Interviewee worked in in-screeing and interrogation operations. Recalled an incident at Camp Cropper Baghdad International Airport, where interrogators with teh 519th MI Brigade put a detainee in a stress position, he was on his knees with his ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas, George R. Fay, Ricardo Sanchez
Physical assault, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
June 01, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 788
Interviewee was assigned to AG on November 04, 2007 as a member of the 1st Military Intelligence Brigade. Recounted an incident when new arrivals came to AG, stated as "I was standing there, one of the detainees tried to adjust the sandbag on ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez
Threat, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation
June 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 792
Sworn statement regarding detainee abuse. The interviewee identified an individual in a photo stating he always carried a K-bar knife and stated that "the death of the detainee was from integration from MI. She told me it was listed as a heart ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Use of phobias, Other Humiliation, Other
May 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 793
Sworn statement regarding detainee abuse. The interviewee identified an individual in a photo stating he always carried a K-bar knife and stated that "the death of the detainee was from integration from MI. She told me it was listed as a heart ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Use of phobias, Other Humiliation, Other
DOD | ACLU-RDI 794
Interviewee was assigned to AG around the end of October 2003 on generated detail. Recounted an incident where he was escorting a detainee to the tier and the detainees were put into a pile on the floor. Then stated that [redacted] ran across ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 824
Interviewee was assigned to AG in early November 2003 as an interrogator. Interviewee discussed the use of dogs, but stated Lieutenant General (LTG) Sanchez' approval was necessary before used. Interviewee attested to using the dogs, stating, "I ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez
Physical assault, Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
DOD | ACLU-RDI 825
Interviewee was a detainee at AG, was transferred there on December 27, 2003. Stated one interrogator cursed at him/her and threatened he would have the detainee stay at AG for the rest of his/her life. Also, the detainee stated that that officer ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
DOD | ACLU-RDI 829
Interviewee was the Deputy CJ2 (length of assignment unknown). Interviewee provided that he/she was made aware of the following incidents: a detainee was walked back to his cell in the nude. The interviewee stated that he/she learned of the ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas, Barbara G. Fast, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual