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. 10, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1869
The Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) interviewed two detainees at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to learn of camp conditions. The interview was conducted by the FBI and other agencies. One detainee explained that since being detained at ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other Humiliation, Other
Oct. 30, 2002 | CID | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1871
The Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) interviewed two detainees at Camp Delta to learn of camp conditions. One detainee informed the interviewers that in response to the "mistreatment and injustice that he and his Muslim brothers have ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Other Humiliation, Religious
Oct. 30, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1872
Memo is significantly redacted, however, it includes the interview of a Camp Delta detainee. The detainee reported that while aboard a plane heading to Bagram, Afghanistan, he was struck in the mouth by a FBI agent. He also reported being beaten ...
Nov. 08, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1873
The CITF Report documents information received from an unknown detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The report is heavily redacted, however, some of the detainee's allegations were not redacted. The detainee alleged the following: a ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Temperature
Nov. 15, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1874
Contents redacted.
Nov. 26, 2002 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 1875
Memo summarizes an interview of a Camp Delta detainee. Present during the interview, which was conducted in Dari, was a Special Agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and a DOD language specialist. The detainee stated that ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Sleep deprivation, Other Humiliation, Religious
Dec. 16, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1876
Memo provides guidance to Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) personnel on detainee interrogation procedures. The memo references the President's November 13, 2001 order that stated detainees should be treated humanely.
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
George W. Bush
Jan. 15, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1877
DOD Memo from an assistant legal advisor. The memo is redacted, however, it appears to disagree with aggressive techniques approved by the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Southern Command, stating that the CITF policy precludes ...
Jan. 17, 2003 | CID | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1878
Memo summarizes the interview of a Camp Delta detainee. The interview was conducted by two Special Agents with the FBI and CID, also, an Arabic linguist was present to translate. The detainee was uncooperative, he said it was because the Koran ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Other Humiliation, Religious
Jan. 20, 2003 | CID | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1879
Memo summarizes the interview of a Camp Delta detainee. The interview was conducted by two Special Agents with the FBI and CID, also, an Arabic linguist was present to translate. The detainee stated his brother attempted suicide three days prior ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Isolation