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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This sworn statement is made by a Military Police 1LT (MP) assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from 18 Aug 2003 until 12 Mar 2004. The statement describes prison operations and the interaction between MPs and Military Intelligence Units (MI). The 1LT ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Antonio Taguba
Use of phobias, Other Humiliation
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
Major General Geoffrey D. Miller's sworn statement. Stated that he was in D.C. briefing the Deputy Secretary of Defense in May 2003 when he met with MG Ron Burgess and spoke with him about Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF GTMO) assisting with ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller, Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, Barbara G. Fast, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Use of phobias, Nudity
This statement of Major General Geoffrey D. Miller is a description of how he became aware of difficulties at Abu Ghraib prison and the measures and steps he took to address the matters as they presented to him. He described his discussions with ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Geoffrey D. Miller
Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas Pappas, Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., Barbara G. Fast, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Nudity
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
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
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
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
Sworn Statement of a Sergeant First Class (E7) concerning detainee handling and treatment at Abu Ghraib prison from mid-December 2003 until late February 2004. The SFC was the a Liaison Officer and Platoon Sergeant in the 325th at Abu Ghraib ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Nudity
Fay Report Annex: Sworn statement of a soldier with the 325th Military Intelligence Battalion. The soldier stated that "The only time I knew dogs were present was during the shakedown of the Iraqi Police. I never actually saw dogs used other than ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Threat, Assault/death, Use of phobias