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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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
June 13, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 826
Interviewee was a detainee at AG on or around December 2003. The detainee stated that "[w]hen I arrived, I was handcuffed and had a sandbag over my head." The detainee continued, "the treatment at Abu Ghraib was not bad and I was never hit in ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Walling, General, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
June 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 819
[Handwritten, at times illegible] Interviewee was a member of Military Intelligence arrived to AG on or about October 24, 2003, answered that he/she never witnessed detainee abuse or sexual assault. Interviewee did attest to the nudity of ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Thomas Pappas
Use of water, Other, Physical assault, Sexual, General, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Nudity, Forced physical training
June 04, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 817
Interviewee was a Navy Dog Handler (Team Leader) assigned to AG either November 20 or 21, 2003 until April 2, 2004. Recalled that on November 24, 2003 there was a riot in AG, recalled the scene in the Hard Site as chaotic, recalled that cells ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
George R. Fay
Stress positions, Use of phobias
DOD | ACLU-RDI 814
Interviewee was a dog handler in AG. Recalled an event where his/her dog took a "snap" at the female involved with the interrogation.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Use of phobias
Feb. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 813
This statement is made by the Navy's Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of the Navy Military Working Dogs (MWD) used at Abu Ghraib prison. He is a Petty Officer and a senior dog handler. As it pertains to Rules of Engagement (ROE) for the ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Threat, Use of phobias
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 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 791
Interviewee was assigned to AG on October 18/19, 2003 as an interrogator in the Detainee Assessment Branch. Recalled an incident with [redacted], where he grabbed a detainee on the shoulder and move him within the interrogation cell. Stated ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions
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