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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Oct. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2695
Statement is by the Brigade Surgeon for 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division providing a statement regarding detainee who died of hypothermia. The surgeon stated that the detainee "came in on 12/25/2003 in a wheelchair, unconscious, not responding ...
Oct. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2696
A soldier providing a statement on how detainees were treated and provided with the necessities of life while in detention. The soldier states that detainees were provided food and water three times a day; no one gained unaccompanied access to ...
Nov. 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2697
This statement gives details of detention procedures and denies allegations of abuse. The soldier states that all the detainees were under lock and key; all detainees were provided food and water; and the detainees could have their diet to meet ...
Dec. 08, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2698
Statement of a soldier who is of a combat medic assigned to 2/3/ FA. The soldier states that he did not see "detainees suffering from injuries due to being physically abused. I vaguely remember a family of two sisters and some brothers detained ...
Oct. 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2699
Statement of Civilian Contractor (CACI), Interrogator who stated he was present during the in-processing of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison when detainees were medically screened as they first came in. Does not recall any abuse. The copy is ...
Oct. 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2700
Statement is by an interpreter at FOB Danger. The gentleman states that the detainee he is being asked about may have had problem with leg but denies knowledge of abuse, nor does he recall the detainee claiming abuse.
Oct. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2701
This is the sworn statement of an Army medic who also served as a detainee guard at the detention cells once or twice a week". The medic states that there were two brothers and a sister in custody in the detention area where he stood guard. He ...
Oct. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2702
Statement by a medic who also did some guard duty. The soldier discusses the events surrounding the death of a detainee. The soldier stated that he "vaguely" recalled a detainee who "didn't seem all there mentally". Although the soldier also ...
Oct. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2703
Statement is by a detainee guard with the 2/3 FA. The soldier stated that "I remember a family of two sisters and three brothers". In reference to one of the brothers, "he was mostly sleeping" and "was wet from pissing himself". "There was no ...
Oct. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2704
This is the sworn statement of a soldier who was assigned as a detainee guard in Iraq. This guard stated that he remembered a detainee who was found dead at the facility and an accusation of the detainee being sodomized. The soldier stated that ...