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. 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 259
Lt. Col. Edwards was a force provider to the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center. His was an Interrogation Company. It provided interrogators & analyst to the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center, otherwise known as the JIDC. He also ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Thomas Pappas, James T. Edwards, Kinard J. La Fate , Timothy A. Weathersbee, James D. Edwards
Feb. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 260
Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Montera Commander, 310th Military Police Battalion. Lt. Col. was to establish the facility [Abu Ghraib], train Iraqis to become Corrections Officers, and ultimately turn it over to them. As for his mission ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Vincent Montera , Edward A. Ray Jr., Janis Leigh Karpinski
Feb. 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 261
Col. describes how he received his assignment to Iraq and the conditions he found at Abu Ghraib prison. He also describes and an incident where he referred an "unauthorized detainee interview" to Gen Pappas and that was eventually given to Capt. ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, John P. Abizaid, Thomas Pappas, Carolyn A. Wood, Barbara G. Fast, Ricardo Sanchez, Steven L. Jordan, Luciana Spencer, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Walter Wojdakowski, Geoffrey D. Miller, Condoleeza Rice, Donald J. Ryder, Michael D. Thompson , Marc Warren
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity
Feb. 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 262
Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Leigh A. Coulter, Commander, 724th Military Police Battalion. He stated that when he arrived at Camp Bucca "I never got anything in writing. Verbally, we were told to follow the Geneva Convention, in terms of the ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Leigh A. Coulter, Commander, Paul Hill, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Alan Ecke
Isolation
Feb. 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 263
Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Dennis McGlone, Commander, 744th Military Police Battalion. Lt. Col. McGlone described how his unit arrived in Iraq and their mission. He stated "When prisoners were captured in the Baghdad vicinity, the units ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Dennis J. McGlone, Paul Hill, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation
Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 264
Testimony of Major David Hinzman, Personnel Officer, 800th Military Police Brigade. Major Hinzman stated "I had very little involvement with detainee operations. I would brief the detainee numbers, as part of our daily update to the Commander". ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, David Hinzman, Paul Hill, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Ricardo Sanchez, Walter Wojdakowski
Feb. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 265
Testimony of Major William D. Proietto, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 800th Military Police Brigade. Major Proietto stated that he handled general legal matters involving various soldier misconduct. However, he stated "I couldn't tell you if the ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, William D. Proietto, Ricardo Sanchez, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Paul Hill
Isolation
Feb. 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 266
Testimony of Major Stacy L. Garrity, 800th Military Police Brigade. Major Garrity was the S1 for Detainee Ops at Camp Bucca, also the International Red Cross/Red Crescent point of contact. She was responsible for Theater Reporting that went to ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Stacy L. Garrity, Paul Hill, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Ricardo Sanchez
Face slap or insult slap, General, Physical assault
Feb. 09, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 267
Testimony of Major David W. DiNenna, 320th Military Police Battalion. Major DiNenna stated his job was "I'm essentially responsible for accomplishing the mission according to the commander's intent". As for the treatment of prisoners under his ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, David W. DiNenna, Sr.
Feb. 14, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 268
Testimony of Major Michael Sheridan, 320th Military Police Battalion. Major Sheridan described his role in the unit and how his unit was deployed to Abu Ghraib, Iraq. He related his understanding of the November 17th riot involving an Iraqi ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Interview (Transcript)
Antonio Taguba, David D. McKiernan, Michael Sheridan, Paul Hill, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Lisa M. Girman
Use of phobias, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity