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
Mar. 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 305
Interview of Second Lieutenant of the Military Intelligence Unit assigned to the 320th Military Police Battalion. This officer's duty is to brief the Battalion Commanders staff of any potential threats, both inside and outside the facility. The ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan
Physical assault, Sexual
Mar. 09, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1539
This document is a translated statement made by a detainee taken in to custody. Detainee describes abuse he received when taken in to custody at the Iraq/Saudi Arabia boarder. He said he was forced to exercise. He also stated to have been put in ...
Sept. 20, 2005
Investigative File (CID), Interview (Statement)
General, Stress positions, Forced physical training, Physical assault
Mar. 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1621
An Army questionnaire, including forty-one questions, given to an enlisted Grade 5 (Sergeant) regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted. He/she ...
Oct. 04, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Ricardo Sanchez
Mar. 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1622
An Army questionnaire, including forty-one questions, given to a Staff Sergeant regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted.
Mar. 09, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 3022
Criminal Investigative Command referral to FBI re: Identification form for military detainee - Iraq. Mostly redacted.
Mar. 09, 2004 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 3746
Fax and letter from International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Christophe Girod to William Howard Taft, IV of the State Department re: Repatriation of seven nationals of the Russian Federation from Guantanamo on 2/27/04.
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Christophe Girod
William Howard Taft, IV
William Howard Taft, IV, Charles A. Allen, John B. Bellinger, III
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1386
Questionnaire asked the official a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. When asked to describe training and preparation prior to deployment, official responded, "None-no fit ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Isolation, Other
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1387

Questionnaire asked the Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Lieutenant Colonel responded that military working dogs were used within the detention ...

July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Use of phobias
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1390

Questionnaire asked the official forty-four questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. When discussing interrogations, Official described it as "hasty." Official also stated that with ...

Mar. 10, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2886
Printout of Newsday article (AP News) entitled "Guantanamo Returnees' Treatment Criticized." Gareth Peirce, who represented Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul, said that the Metropolitan Police mistreated the British men arrested upon their return to ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Other
Asif Iqbal, Shafiq Rasul, Jamal Malik al Harith, Rhuhel Ahmed, Tarek Dergoul
Sleep deprivation, Temperature, Environmental manipulation