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
May 24, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 784
This statement of an Army Major (0-4) who was a member of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, V Corps in Iraq after February 2004 described the general operating procedures of the various intelligence detention facilities, including Abu ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Barbara G. Fast
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Other Humiliation
May 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 797
This statement of the Lieutenant Colonel in charge of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade discusses his assumption of command of the military intelligence operations component at Abu Ghraib prison in July 2003. He discusses his chain of ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Walter Wojdakowski, Ricardo Sanchez, Steven Boltz, Geoffrey D. Miller, Barbara G. Fast, Donald J. Ryder, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Sleep deprivation, Other Humiliation, Other
May 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 864
Interviewee arrived to AG around October 26, 2003 as an intelligence analyst.Interviewee recalled that " The closes[t] thing to detainee abuse I observed was making the detainees do PT." Interviewee stated, "[w]e requested the use of dogs for one ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Forced physical training
May 23, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 866
Sworn statement of a Sergeant (E7) who arrived at Abu Ghraib prison around October 18-20, 2003 until February 10, 2004, The SGT stated that he had a series of duty assignments. He stated "hese duty assignments were to screening, document ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
June 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 867
Sworn statement of Lieutenant Colonel with the 115th Military Police Battalion. The LTC recalled being aware of one incident where a soldier urinated on a detainee. He also recalled another incident where a detainee returned to the SP/CF area ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Buford Blount, III, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Thomas Pappas, Keith Dayton, Geoffrey D. Miller
Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Other
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 868
Sworn statement of a Sergeant who arrived to Abu Ghraib prison at the end of July 2003 to December 16, 2003 with the advanced party as an interrogator. The Sgt recalled the use of unmuzzled dogs, along with loud music. He recalled interrogating ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez
Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 25, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 900
This sworn statement is by a civilian contractor with the Titan Corp. assigned to Abu Ghraib prison on October 13, 2003 as a Linguist/Translator to conduct translation services during interrogations at the prison. The translator recalled hearing ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Use of water, Other, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Forced grooming
Aug. 31, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 467

An email between members of the Staff Judge Advocate, forwarding a Washington Post article titled "Documents Helped Sow Abuse, Army Report Finds," from August 30, 2004.

Mar. 23, 2005
Email
Ricardo Sanchez, Paul J. Kern, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Alberto Mora, Geoffrey D. Miller, George W. Bush, John P. Abizaid, George R. Fay, Thomas Pappas
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Religious
May 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 496
AR 15-6 investigation into a suspected incident of assault. On November 29th, 2003 members of the 187th Infantry Regiment detained in Iraqi male for questioning. The soldiers took a video of themselves assaulting the detainee. The chain of ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap, Other Humiliation
Aug. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 962
Court Martial Records of SPC Megan Ambuhl, who did not participate in abuse of detainees, but pled guilty to Dereliction of Duty for not reporting the activities of MP and MI personnel at Abu Ghraib Prison. She was sentenced to forfeiture of 1/2 ...
Apr. 06, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial), Judicial (Transcript)
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Assault/death, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Hooding/Goggling, Sexual, Religious, Forced physical training, Threat, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation