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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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Retain current filters MEMO RE: SUMMARY AND REFLECTIONS OF CHIEF OF MEDICAL SERVICES ON OMS PARTICIPATION IN THE RDI PROGRAM

CIA |

ACLU-RDI 6828

This document, prepared by the Chief of Medical Services, summarizes and reflects upon the rendition, detention and interrogation program. The findings include that in a particular no evidence was found that the use of waterboard produced ... Show More Info Released: Aug. 14, 2018 Type: Non-legal Memo, Medical Officials: Bruce Jessen

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James Mitchell

Detainees: Abu Zubaydah

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Gul Rahman

Methods: EIT

, SERE

, Use of

water ,

Waterboarding

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Physical assault

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General

, Face

slap or insult slap

,

Attention grasp

,

Facial hold

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Walling

,

Threat ,

Mock Burial

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Stress positions

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Cramped confinement

, Use of

phobias

, Sleep

deprivation

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Isolation

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Environmental manipulation

, Light

or sound

,

Temperature

,

Nudity

DOD PRESENTATION: EXPLOITATION (PART 2)

| ACLU-RDI 6800

These slides contain the second section of a two-part presentation given by Dr. Bruce Jessen to train American interrogators headed to Guantanamo Bay on how to extract information from detainees. This section also includes specific strategies ... Show More Info Released: Feb. 03, 2017 Type: Chart/List, Other Officials: Bruce Jessen DOD PRESENTATION: AL-QA'IDA RESISTANCE (PART 1) Mar. 01, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 6801 These slides contain part one of a two-part presentation given by Dr. Bruce Jessen to future interrogators at Guantanamo Bay on how to overcome Al-Qa'ida Resistance based on "recently obtained Al-Qa'ida Documents." Show More Info Released: Feb. 03, 2017 Type: Chart/List, Other Officials: Bruce Jessen

Methods: EIT

, Threat

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Assault/death

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Family/others

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Isolation

, Other

Humiliation

, Other

DOD MEMO: PRISONER HANDLING RECOMMENDATIONS

Feb. 28, 2002 | CIA

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ACLU-RDI 6804

This memorandum authored by Bruce Jessen and others to Col. Coomey on February 28, 2002 includes specific recommendations for interrogation procedures based on conditions at Camp X-Ray. The memorandum contains "Cardinal Pre-Conditions for ... Show More Info Released: Feb. 03, 2017 Type: Non-legal Memo Author: Bruce Jessen Officials: Bruce Jessen

Methods: EIT

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Isolation

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Environmental manipulation

, Other

Humiliation

DOD PRESENTATION: AL-QA'IDA RESISTANCE (PART 2) Mar. 01, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 6802 These slides contain part two of a two-part presentation given by Dr. Bruce Jessen to future interrogators at Guantanamo Bay on how to overcome Al-Qa'ida Resistance based on "recently obtained Al-Qa'ida Documents." Show More Info Released: Feb. 03, 2017 Type: Chart/List, Other Officials: Bruce Jessen

Methods: EIT

, Threat

,

Isolation

, Other

Humiliation

, Other

DOD PRESENTATION: EXPLOITATION (PART 1)

| ACLU-RDI 6799

These slides contain the first section of a two-part presentation given by Dr. Bruce Jessen to train American interrogators headed to Guantanamo Bay on how to extract information from detainees. Show

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Released: Feb. 03, 2017 Type: Chart/List, Other Officials: Bruce Jessen

Methods: EIT

,

Isolation

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Environmental manipulation CIA CABLE: HOW MUCH HAS THE CIA PAID MITCHELL AND JESSEN SINCE 2002?

| ACLU-RDI 6740

This CIA cable details the amount the agency paid to psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen for their professional services since 2002. The cable also describes the current status of Mitchell, Jessen and Associates' contract with the CIA ... Show More Info Released: Dec. 20, 2016

Type: Cable

Officials: James Mitchell

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Bruce Jessen

Detainees: Jose Padilla

,

Binyam Mohamed

Methods: EIT

CIA CABLE: MJA (MITCHELL, JESSEN & ASSOCIATES)

| ACLU-RDI 6741

This CIA cable describes the CIA Counterterrorism Center (CTC)'s contract with Mitchell, Jessen & Associates (MJA), a company started by psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen. The cable states that Mitchell and Jessen were "instrumental" ... Show More Info Released: Dec. 20, 2016

Type: Cable

Officials: Bruce Jessen

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James Mitchell

CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

| ACLU-RDI 6684

This 2002 chronology of events details Gul Rahman's time at COBALT including the assessments and interviews conducted of him and the interrogation techniques he was subjected to, according to cable reports and visits. It also lists the dates ... Show More Info Released: Dec. 20, 2016

Type: Chart/List

Officials: James Mitchell

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Bruce Jessen

Detainees: Gul Rahman Methods: Sleep deprivation

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Environmental manipulation

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Temperature

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Nudity

, Other

CIA MEMO RE: ROLE OF MITCHELL, JESSEN, AND ASSOCIATES IN

CTCRDG PROGRAM

| ACLU-RDI 6709

This memo sets forth the reasons why the CIA granted Mitchell, Jessen, and Associates (MJA) a "sole source contract" to support the Counterterrorism Center's rendition, detention, and interrogation program, and describes the type of support that ... Show More Info Released: Dec. 20, 2016 Type: Non-legal Memo Officials: Bruce Jessen

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