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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
May 29, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 896
This sworn statement by a Command Sergeant Major (CSM) for his Unit, the 325th Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion (BN) deployed to Iraq in March 2003. He states "I was only at Abu Ghraib (AG) on three occasions and all three visits were one-day ...
May 25, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 900
This sworn statement is by a civilian contractor with the Titan Corp. assigned to Abu Ghraib prison on October 13, 2003 as a Linguist/Translator to conduct translation services during interrogations at the prison. The translator recalled hearing ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Use of water, Other, Stress positions, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Forced grooming
May 19, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 905
This is a sworn statement by a civilian contract translator from the Titan Corp. who arrived to Abu Ghraib prison around October 11 or 12, 2003 until January 19, 2004 as an Arabic Linguist. He recalled being “informed of do's and don’ts in ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Stress positions, Use of phobias
Mar. 15, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 908
Memo regarding a March 14, 2004 meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross re: Guantanamo. The document is heavily redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Adolph McQueen
Geoffrey D. Miller
Adolph McQueen, Geoffrey D. Miller, James E. Payne, III
June 24, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 909
Memo re: ICRC Meeting of June 19, 2003. Contents redacted
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller, James E. Payne, III, Adolph McQueen, Albert Shimkus
Sept. 23, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 910
Memo concerning a meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross with General Miller re; Guantanamo Detainees. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Mitchell R. LeClaire, Steven M. Lynch
Aug. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 911
Army Memo re: International Committee of the Red Cross Meeting with the Joint Detention Operations Group. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Adolph McQueen, Nelson J. Cannon
Aug. 23, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 912
Army Memo re: CJTF Meeting with International Committee of the Red Cross August 22, 2003. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Mitchell R. LeClaire, Steven M. Lynch
Dec. 02, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 919
Minutes of December 2, 2002 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, John J. Perrone, Adolph McQueen
Dec. 09, 2002 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 920
December 9, 2002 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Adolph McQueen