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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Apr. 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2689
This detainee Screening Report is a standard form letter for processing detainees taken in to custody. The detainee associated with this Screening Report is redacted. Report details a male detainee, a Republican Guard in Tharthar. Classed as ...
Sept. 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2690
Sworn statement of medical personnel mentions being told of detainee's death from hypothermia. The detainee was brought in to the detention facility and was later transferred to a medical facility where he died. The allegations are that the ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual
Oct. 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2691
Statement from a Military Intelligence officer about a detainee captured and interrogated at Camp Taji. He stated that the detainee he interviewed had no medical conditions that prevented him from being interviewed. The detainee admitted to ...
Oct. 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2692
Statement of a Captain who commanded a force that engaged the enemy in battle, but did not hold or interrogate prisoners. The Captain states specifically "We were not trained as interrogators" and that his unit would turn prisoners over to other ...
Oct. 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2693
A Non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) describes how his unit engaged Enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs) and specifics on certain interrogations conducted. The NCOIC stated that he, nor any member of his team abused EPWs or witnessed any abuse ...
Oct. 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2694
This Memo For The record is a condensed notation of an interview conducted of CACI Interrogator/Screener who was at Abu Ghraib prison on October 4, 2004. This interview was during the course of a 15-6 investigation relating to allegations of ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Statement)
Abdullah Yahia Yousf al Shabli
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 ...