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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Email discusses the non-uniform interview techniques of the military and law enforcement officials. States that the CITF are formulating a policy for their agents. The email states "Looks we are stuck in the mud with the interview approach of the ...
Entire contents redacted.
Handwritten note. The name Dave Nahmias, DOJ is readable. Also, the Pentagon is mentioned. Contents Completely Redacted.
Feb. 06, 2006
Notes
David E. Nahmias
David E. Nahmias
Email contents are redacted.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
DOD PowerPoint presentation describes types of detainees, detainee flow, timeline of detention. Describes holding authority, required documentation.
Describes proper treatment of detainees; Procedures for detainees of intelligence interest and criminal detainees; and the review process for commanders for compliance with protocols.
Memo to all soldiers and dragoons who are or scheduled to perform detainee operations. The memo reminds the soldiers that they have a duty and professional standards to uphold and maintain. They must treat detainees with dignity and respect; do ...
Army memo with a chronology of detainee/guard interactions and issues that were experienced. Does not appear to be official, but contains details of everyday goings on at the detention camp during January 5, 2002 through February 13, 2002.
This document is the sworn statement of an army interpreter who visited a detainee in early February 2002 and the detainee stated he was regularly beaten by Military Police while housed at the Kandahar Detention Facility. The interpreter states ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General
On 02/11/02 declarant noticed abuse. During a medical exam, instead of a medical personnel, one of the MPs conducted an anal probe on detainee. "He was a large man. Without warning the EPW [Enemy Prisoner of War], and in a cruel way he pushed ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Sexual