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 20, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2575
Sworn statement by a Master of Arms, the equivalent of a military police officer in the army. Talks about law enforcement procedures and training for handling detainees. Claims never to have seen any abuse of detainees, and states, "Everything in ...
Oct. 07, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2576
Heavily redacted sworn statement by a Navy SEAL discussing detainee handling. States that 12 was the highest number of detainees ever held at the facility at one time. States that no detainee stayed longer than 14 days. Page 2 is entirely redacted.
June 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2577
Sworn statement by an assistant platoon commander in charge of maintaining a temporary holding facility and providing "over-watch for tactical interrogations." Discusses detainee holding and interrogation practices. States, "The most aggressive ...
DOA | ACLU-RDI 2578
Contents entirely redacted.
June 25, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2579
Sworn statement, possibly by a medical officer, that discusses medical screening of detainees. Contents are heavily redacted.
May 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2580
Sworn Statement that discusses raid in Al-Winat village. States, "I took custody of the above named individuals," whose names are redacted.
June 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2581
Sworn statement by a commander of 2-3 FA. Document is barely legible. Discusses detention procedures and the detention facility at "the palace." States that detainees were generally only held there for up to 2 days. Talks about the death of a ...
June 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2582
Sworn statement discussing detention procedures and interrogations. States, "The [redacted] was fairly aggressive in their interrogations, but I don't believe they did anything abusive." Mentions the presence of a dog at the facility.
June 18, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2583
Sworn statement discussing detainee operations and detention-related paperwork. Mentions the death of a detainee "after he left BSA".
June 18, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2584

Largely illegible. Sworn statement by an NCO regarding detention procedures. States that detainees were generally held for 1-2 days, and "5 days at the most." States, "I've never heard of any allegations of abuse."