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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Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 284
Testimony of Command Sergeant Major Timonth L. Woodcock, 310th Military Police Battalion. CSM Woodcock related his impression of the unit by saying "The soldiers' standards that were lacking were in the common soldier task area. Specifically the ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Timonth L. Woodcock, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Feb. 15, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2287
Detainee alleged that he was abused by US forces during his apprehension and they threatened him with execution. The investigation found that the claim was without merit. Members of the unit that captured the detainee were interviewed and records ...
Feb. 16, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1960
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Commander of the Kandahar Detention Facility concerning his observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in ...
Feb. 16, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1964
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Interview of Military Intelligence OIC, Senior Interrogator concerning his observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears ...
Feb. 16, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1965
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Orgun-E Military Intelligence Detention Facility Interrogator concerning his observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire ...
Feb. 16, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1972
Army Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers at the Bagram Collection Point, Afghanistan concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in ...
Feb. 16, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1976
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the soldiers of Kandahar Collection Point concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to ...
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 260
Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Montera Commander, 310th Military Police Battalion. Lt. Col. was to establish the facility [Abu Ghraib], train Iraqis to become Corrections Officers, and ultimately turn it over to them. As for his mission ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Vincent Montera , Edward A. Ray Jr., Janis Leigh Karpinski
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 271
Testimony of Captain John Kaires, 310th Military Police Battalion. Capt. Kaires was asked about detainee accountability, escapes, the training for the combat support MP Companies and standards at Camp Bucca. No discussion of detainee abuse in ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, John Kaires
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 288
Testimony of Master Sargent Andrew J. Lombardo, Operations Sergeant Major, 310th Military Police Battalion.MSG Lombardo described his understanding of the rights of detainees in custody the following way “Detainees have certain rights that you ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Andrew J. Lombardo
Other Humiliation, Religious