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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Sworn statement by a screener at Abu Ghraib prison regarding two (2) Iraqi women and their two (2) brothers detained at Abu Ghraib prison in January 2004. States, "One [brother] said he was raped with a bottle, and they mentioned another brother ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Nudity, Sexual, Other Humiliation
Sworn statement of a Sergeant assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from August - December 2003. The SGT was a 97B Counterintelligence Agent with the 519th Military Intelligence Brigade assigned to set-up interrogation procedures and Rules of Engagement ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
Sworn statement of a Sergeant with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade concerning interrogations at Abu Ghraib Prison and possible detainee abuse. The Sergeant was assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual

Telephonic interview of a Military Intelligence interrogator (Rank & Rate unknown) regarding detainee interrogations at Abu Ghraib prison. The MI Interrogator stated "I never placed any of my detainees on sleep deprivation. I did use a stress ...

Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Transcript, Statement)
Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
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 from civilian contractor with the Titan Corp. concerning his role and duties in the interrogation of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in October 2003. Stated that he/she did not witness nudity, use of dogs (heard them) and heard ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
This is the sworn statement of a civilian contractor with the Titan Corp. assigned to Abu Ghraib prison as an interrogator. He states he arrived at Abu Ghraib on October 24 or 25, 2003 and stayed until February 2004. He recalled hearing dogs, but ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
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 ...
A CID investigation was initiated after an interrogator stated that he knew of abuse had occurred at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The interrogator said that he was reporting this conduct because he felt the actions were inhumane ...
Mar. 02, 2005
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, Stress positions, Other Humiliation
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