The Torture Archive

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Haspel Personally Observed CIA Waterboarding, Witness Testifies

Washington, D.C., June 23, 2022 – Gina Haspel, 15 years before President Trump nominated her and the US Senate confirmed her as CIA director, personally oversaw the waterboarding…

Jun 23, 2022

Previous Postings

Archive FOIA Cable Shows Guantanamo Prosecutors Misleading Defense

Nov 11, 2019

Gina Haspel CIA Torture Cables' Dates and Times Declassified

Oct 18, 2018

Gina Haspel CIA Torture Cables Declassified

Aug 10, 2018

The CIA Black Sites Program and the Gina Haspel Nomination

May 9, 2018

National Security Archive Sues CIA for Gina Haspel Torture Cables

Apr 27, 2018

Gina Haspel’s CIA Torture File

Apr 26, 2018

Torture Report Finally Released

Dec 9, 2014

Prisoner Abuse: Patterns From the Past

Feb 25, 2014

The Zelikow Memo: Internal Critique of Bush Torture Memos Declassified

Apr 3, 2012

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About this Project

The Torture Archive, an online repository of more than 16,000 documents, chronicles United States government policy on the detention and interrogation of individuals in the “global war on terror” since September 11, 2001. The Torture Archive features documents from a wide range of sources, including records disclosed through the American Civil Liberties Union’s successful lawsuits against the Department of Defense and other federal agencies; documents from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) and Administrative Review Boards (ARB); FOIA requests by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Security Archive; and court documents from Writs of Habeas Corpus Petitions filed by Guantanamo detainees in U.S. district courts.

Torturing Democracy:
The Documentary

The award-winning documentary film chronicles the evolution of U.S. policy on detention and interrogation post-9/11. Torturing Democracy won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and was called the "definitive broadcast account of a deeply troubling chapter in recent American history."

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