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 21, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4772
An Army Command Sergeant Major with the 724th Military Police Battalion deployed to Camp Bucca, and described his unit's experience and the challenges they faced at the prison with force protection. The CSM stated that his unit's job was to ...
May 19, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4774
An Army First Sergeant discusses Military Police Operations in Iraq and specifically at Camp Bucca. He discussed the deployment, arrival in-country, interaction with other units and the guard duties at Camp Bucca.
Apr. 07, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1374
Questionnaire asked the Lieutenant Colonel twenty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Lieutenant Colonel responded that he/she was aware of incident of abuse, however the response is ...
Jan. 04, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3424
Interview of Detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. Detainee was shown photos of certain persons, but denied knowing any of them. The detainee then went on to say "He does not like how the detainees are being treated at Camp Delta, saying the strip ...
Jan. 08, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3425
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. When asked how he was doing the detainee stated "that things were not going well, and that he perceived current U.S. actions as a holy war between Christians and Muslims, propagated by ...
May 18, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
General, Cramped confinement, Temperature, Religious, Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Other Humiliation
Jan. 16, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3426
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was not willing to be interviewed and when asked about a specific matter he immediately became belligerent and confrontational. The detainee then began to chant Quranic verses and ...
Jan. 21, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3427
Interview with detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee denied knowing Usama bin Laden. Detainee complained about the treatment of his fellow detainees at the camp and "complained the guards would take away the Koran as punishment and ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Religious, Other Humiliation
Jan. 22, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3428
Interview with detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee complained about being held at Guantanamo Bay for so many months. He said the "stress of being incarcerated for a long period of time, with no answers concerning his status has ...
Feb. 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3429
Interview with detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. The detainee stated that his previous stories had been misinterpreted, but refused to expand further. He stated that previous interpreters had mistaken his words [but] refused to clarify any ...
Feb. 20, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3430
Interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee initially refused to leave his cell for the interview, but was then brought to the interview room my Military MP's. The detainee complained about his conditions at Guantanamo and ...