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. 18, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 286
Testimony of Sergeant Major Mark Emerson, Operations Sergeant Major, 320th Military Police Battalion. Sergeant Major Mark Emerson was the Operations SGM for the 320th MP Battalion since 1999. He gave his impression of the Brigade’s operations and ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Mark Emerson, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 287
Testimony of First Sergeant Brian G. Lipinski, 372nd Military Police Company.1SG Lipinski was under suspension from his 1SG duties at the time of this interview. He described his unit and how they arrived in Iraq. He said “Our soldiers have 3 ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Brian G. Lipinski, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Thomas Pappas
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 288
Testimony of Master Sargent Andrew J. Lombardo, Operations Sergeant Major, 310th Military Police Battalion.MSG Lombardo described his understanding of the rights of detainees in custody the following way “Detainees have certain rights that you ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Andrew J. Lombardo
Other Humiliation, Religious
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 289
Testimony of Sergeant First Class Keith A. Comer, Platoon Sergeant, 229th Military Police Company. SFC Comer verified an incident he previously reported involving 2-3 Military Intelligence personnel abusing a detainee. He said he and other ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Keith A. Comer, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap, General
Feb. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 290
Testimony of Sergeant First Class Shannon K. Snider, Platoon Sergeant, 372nd Military Police Company. SFC Snider's duties were as the NCOIC of the hard site. Her duties included working to safeguard prisoners, make sure inmates receive meals on ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Shannon K. Snider, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
Feb. 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 291
Testimony of Sergeant First Class Keith A. Comer, 372nd Military Police Company. SFC Comer described that he came in to his position as the Company's 1st Sargent because the previous 1st Sargent has been suspended from his duties pending the ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Keith A. Comer, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Isolation
Feb. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 292
Testimony of Staff Sergeant Robert Elliot, Squad Leader, 372nd Military Police Company. SSG Elliot's job as a Squad Leader and Assistant NCOIC was to keep accountability of inmates, receive new prisoners, the in processing and out processing of ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Robert Elliot, David W. DiNenna, Sr.
Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
Feb. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 293
Testimony of Staff Sergeant Santos A. Cardona, 320th Military Police Company, Army Dog Handler. SSG stated "I haven't been trained on Geneva Hague Convention. I know it is the rules governing the law of warfare. Basically it covers treating ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Santos A. Cardona
Feb. 13, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 294
Testimony of Sergeant Michael Smith, Army Dog Handler. In discussing how the dog(s) under his control are used. SGT Smith said "Dogs are used at the last level, before deadly force, to prevent escape. I've never had to use my dog in my uses of ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Michael Smith, Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias
Feb. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 295
Testimony of Petty Officer & Master-at-Arms William J. Kimbro, U.S. Navy Dog Handler. MA1 Kimbro described how he was assigned to Iraq and came to be at Abu Ghraib prison. He said "As far as I knew we were to support the prison with canine ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, William J.Kimbro
Use of phobias