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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
May 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 728
Interviewee was assigned to AG as an Assistant with the 325th Military Intelligence Brigade. Stated: "There was an extraordinary amount of pressure from the chain of command to get results. . . . They would raid a house and take everyone. They ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Steven Boltz, Barbara G. Fast, Ricardo Sanchez, Geoffrey D. Miller, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Walter Wojdakowski, Colonel Summers
Other
June 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 729
This Captain, a Military Police (MP) Platoon Leader with the 72nd Military Police Company was assigned to Abu Ghraib prison from May 21, 2003 to late October 2003. The Capt. stated "I was one of the first soldiers on the ground and helped set up ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Stress positions, Nudity, Forced physical training
May 29, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 731
This Sergeant First Class was an interrogator at Abu Ghraib prison from July 2003 until October 2003. The SFC stated "I did not witness or hear about any of the following Physical abuse of detainees, unauthorized picture taken of detainees or ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview
Geoffrey D. Miller, Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation
DOA | ACLU-RDI 732
Statement of Civilian Contractor (CACI), Interrogator who arrived to Abu Ghraib October 5, 2003. Stated that he/she did not witness abuse of detainees; use of dogs or any photos being taken of detainees.
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias
DOA | ACLU-RDI 733
Sworn statement of an Reserve Army Captain who stated they were approached with a thumb drive, which depicted images of dead anti-coalition forces and captured anti-coalition forces on the battlefield. Stated that he/she advised the unnamed ...
July 02, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 735
Sworn Statement of a Sergeant assigned to Abu Ghraib prison. The Sgt. recalled finding a detainee naked in their cell, the detainee was identified as a high level official. Recalled the detainee was embarrassed about being naked in the cell ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Nudity
May 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 739
This sworn statement by a Major was the Commander of the 325th Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion (BN), in Iraq that had Abu Ghraib Prison as one of the facilities in his portfolio of responsibility. He stated "In Jun 03. B Co moved to Camp ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas, Geoffrey D. Miller, George R. Fay
Use of phobias, Nudity
June 04, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 740
Sworn statement of a Staff Sergeant, US Army Reservist- member of GTMO Tiger Team, which deployed to Abu Ghraib prison from early October 2003 until mid December 2003. Recalled interview techniques, including 'fear up' and 'ego down,' stated the ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Geoffrey D. Miller
Physical assault, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity
June 01, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 743
This is the sworn statement of a civilian contractor with the Titan Corp. assigned to Abu Ghraib prison as an interrogator. He states he arrived at Abu Ghraib on October 24 or 25, 2003 and stayed until February 2004. He recalled hearing dogs, but ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
Feb. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 748
This sworn statement is a firsthand account of an Army Corporal with the 325 Military Intelligence Battalion who witnessed detainees at Abu Ghraib prison stripped naked, made to do physical training (PT) and humiliated. This Corporal stated that ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
George R. Fay
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Threat, Assault/death, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Forced physical training