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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June 01, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1921
Contents Completely Redacted
June 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1922
A detainee claims that during an interview conducted on 06/03/04, he was made to stand with his arms outstretched for three hours, then forced to kneel until he had a heart problem and collapsed. He stated he was taken to the hospital, but the ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Forced physical training
June 08, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 1923

NCIS interview of a detainee at Guantanamo regarding his activities in Afghanistan. The detainee stated that he traveled throughout Afghanistan doing charity work and teaching the Koran. The detainee stated that he never took up arms while in ...

Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File (NCIS), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Other
June 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1925
Criminal Investigation Task Force Interview of Detainee who was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan. The detainee knew members of the Jalallidin Haquanni Network that was fighting coalition forces. The detainee identified himself as the ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
General, Physical assault
Aug. 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1926
Advises Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) personnel must immediately report allegations of abuse as soon as possible. CITF interrogators will ask detainee how he is feeling and how he has been treated and report any allegations of abuse up ...
Aug. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1927
A detainee at Guantanamo alleged that he was abused in Afghanistan and this memo is a follow-up on that allegation. It is also states that "timely notification of any indictment, conviction, or judgment involving defense contractors in order to ...
Aug. 30, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1928
The detainee was interviewed about his health and conditions at Camp Delta. He stated he was in good health and had no complaints. He was also asked to discuss his experience when taken in to custody. The detainee stated that he was mistakenly ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File
Physical assault, General
Sept. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1929
Criminal Investigations Task Force interview with Guantanamo detainee to delve in to the background and history of the detainee. The detainee states he is an Iraqi who entered Turkmenistan through Iran in 1994, but was then deported to ...
Sept. 14, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1930
Detainee states that he is a member of the Jama'al al-Tabligh (JT) organization, which he claims is a peaceful organization and not associated with the Taliban. The detainee did admit that he joined the Taliban, but states he only did it because ...
Oct. 17, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1931
On September 14, 2004, a detainee stated that when he was captured (possibly in Khowst), an individual forced him to talk by holding a knife to his throat. Then he was forced to hold his hands out to carry sandbags, which caused abrasions in his ...