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. 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1971
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Interrogators of Forward Operating Base Salerno concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in ...
Feb. 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1974
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the soldiers of Firebase Deh Rahwood concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the ...
Feb. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2955
reports results of interview conducted of detainee at Bagram Control Point, Bagram, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee stated that he did not have knowledge of Usama Bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed or Al Qaeda because no one is allowed to speak inside ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Feb. 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2954
Documents detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee mentions that he is only allowed to use the bathroom every six hours, which hinders his water intake, requests to be moved back to "general population".
Mar. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1963
Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Commander of Forward Operating Base Chapman concerning his observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in ...
Mar. 01, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4099
Press release from the Office of the Spokesman, Richard Boucher, announcing the transfer of Russian nationals from U.S. military control at Guantanamo Bay to the control of the Russian Government in order to face criminal charges.
Dec. 30, 2004
Interview (Statement)
Richard Boucher
Richard A. Boucher, Theodore Sellin
Mar. 01, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5111

DOD PowerPoint presentation on the detainee population, detention procedures, prosecutions, and transition issues in Iraq. The presentation provides the nationalities and numbers of detainees held, as well as other information about the ...

Jan. 14, 2014
Other
L. Paul Bremer
Mar. 01, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2408
DOD PowerPoint presentation on the detainee population, detention procedures, prosecutions, and transition issues in Iraq. The presentation provides the nationalities and numbers of detainees held, as well as other information about the ...
June 15, 2006
Other
L. Paul Bremer
Mar. 01, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6787
This March 2004 paper written by James Mitchell and John Jessen discusses the importance of knowing how human memory works for intelligence collection efforts. The paper also includes some interrogation and debriefing techniques to employ on ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Non-legal Memo
James Mitchell and John Jessen
James Mitchell , Bruce Jessen
Mar. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1581
An Army questionnaire, including thirty-five questions, given to a Lieutenant Colonel regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted.