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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Apr. 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 862
This statement of a CACI civilian contractor for the Dept. of Defense who states that he arrived at Abu Ghraib Prison on October 5, 2003. He states that "The Joint interrogation Debriefing Center Commander gave all new arrivals a down and dirty ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Nudity
May 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 863
Interviewee was assigned to AG in mid-October 2003, assigned to Tier 2 with the Iraqi criminals. Interviewee mentioned needing to handcuff detainees to their cells during a search where dogs were used to look for bombs and other ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Ricardo Sanchez
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
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 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 881
Interviewee visited AG approximately five times. His/her sworn statement generally discusses the military protocol at AG.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Ricardo Sanchez, Thomas Pappas
May 19, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 891
Statement of a Chief warrant officer 2 who was tasked with managing interrogation operations at Abu Ghraib prison in July 2003. The CW2 criticized the organization of interrogation, especially at higher levels, and described it as "amateurish". ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez
Aug. 25, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 380
This letter is for the Army officials who will be fielding questions regarding the allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. The letter is a set of talking points and policy statements that focus on the theme that "the Army is committed ...
Jan. 31, 2005
Letter
Ricardo Sanchez, Paul J. Kern, Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay
May 07, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 357

Transcript of the testimony of Donald Rumsfeld, Gen. Richard Myers (chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), Les Brownlee (acting sec. of the Army), Gen. Peter Shoomaker (Army Chief of Staff), and Lt. Gen. Lance Smith (U.S. Central Command dep. ...

Dec. 31, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
John Warner, Carl Levin, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Richard B. Myers, Romie Leslie Brownlee, Peter Schoomaker, Lance L. Smith, Antonio Taguba, Alberto R. Gonzales, Joseph Darby, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, John P. Abizaid, George R. Fay, John McCain, Edward M. Kennedy, Pat Roberts, Robert C. Byrd, Alan Wayne Allard, Joe Lieberman, Jeff Sessions, Ricardo Sanchez, Jack Reed, Geoffrey D. Miller, Sue Collins, Daniel Akaka, Lindsey Graham, Bill Nelson, Paul Wolfowitz, John Ensign, Jim Talent, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Ben Nelson, Mark Dayton, Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Mark Pryor, William Frist
Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 19, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 358

Transcript of the testimony of Gen. John Abizaid (commander, U.S. Central Command), Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (commander, Multinational Force-Iraq), and Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller (deputy commander for detainee operations, Multinational Force) ...

Dec. 31, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
John Warner, John McCain, James M. Inhoff, Pat Roberts, Alan Wayne Allard, Jeff Sessions, Sue Collins, John Ensign, Jim Talent, Saxby Chambliss, Lindsey Graham, Elizabeth Dole, John Cornyn, Carl Levin, Edward M. Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, Joe Lieberman, Jack Reed, Daniel Akaka, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Mark Dayton, Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Mark Pryor, John P. Abizaid, Ricardo Sanchez, Geoffrey D. Miller, Marc Warren, L. Paul Bremer, Colin L. Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Antonio Taguba, Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald J. Ryder, George R. Fay, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Thomas Pappas, David D. McKiernan, Keith Dayton, Stephen A. Cambone, William G. Boykin, Paul Wolfowitz, Marc Warren, Paul Hill, Keith B. Alexander, Richard B. Myers, Nicholas Evan Berg, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Richard B. Cheney, Barbara G. Fast, Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Walter L. Sharp
Physical assault, General
May 13, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 359
Transcript of the testimony of Paul Wolfowitz (Deputy Secretary of Defense), Gen. Peter Pace (USMC, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), and Joel Kaplan (Deputy Director of the OMB).
Dec. 31, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
John Warner, Paul Wolfowitz, Peter Pace, Joel Kaplan, George W. Bush, Robert C. Byrd, Jeff Sessions, Alan Wayne Allard, Carl Levin, David Petraeus, Edward M. Kennedy, Lawrence J. Lanzillotta, John McCain, John P. Abizaid, Tommy Franks, Colin L. Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Ricardo Sanchez, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Charley Cooper, James M. Inhoff, Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Sue Collins, Mark Dayton, Elizabeth Dole, Bill Nelson, Hillary Clinton, Keith B. Alexander, Jack Reed, Jim Talent, Douglas J. Feith
May 18, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 361

Transcript of the testimony of Richard Armitage, Paul Wolfowitz, and Lt. Gen. Walter Sharp (director of strategic plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff) in regard to plans for the Iraq transfer of sovereignty.

Dec. 31, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Richard Green Lugar, Richard Lee Armitage, Paul Wolfowitz, Walter L. Sharp, John Dimitri Negroponte, Marc Grossman, L. Paul Bremer, John P. Abizaid, Ricardo Sanchez, David Kay, Charles Timothy Hagel, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Condoleeza Rice, Barbara Levy Boxer , Donald H. Rumsfeld, Samuel Dale Brownback, Paul Spyros Sarbanes, Walter L. Sharp, David Petraeus, Thomas F. Metz, George V. Voinovich, Christopher John Dodd, Norman Bertram Coleman, Jr., Richard B. Myers, Bill Nelson, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Jon Stevens Corzine
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Other Humiliation, Sexual