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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Mar. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1451
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1452
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1475
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for Officer concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1607
An Army questionnaire, including thirty-three questions, given to a soldier regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted.
Mar. 27, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 2651
This letter from the Staff Judge Advocate located at Command Joint Task Force Seven concerns a detainee being interned for "IED making" is a form letter. The detainee's name is redacted. He is being referred to the Article 78 Panel under the ...
Mar. 27, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5769
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Hasan Salih Mohammed, an Iraqi civilian who died following a Task Force 88 raid in Tawara Iraq on February 5, 2007. Mr. Mohammed died of unknown causes while being taken in to custody. His body was ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Hasan Salih Mohammed
Physical assault, General
Mar. 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 598
Report of one detainee throwing water on another. Actions taken in response were segregation and loss of comfort items (CI).
Mar. 28, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1041
Naif Sliman Amir, 27 year old male criminal detainee. Shot in chest and knee during a riot at the site. He was transported to the hospitalm, received treatment, but died of his wounds. Cause of Death: gunshot wound.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Naif Sliman Amir
Physical assault
Mar. 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1480
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Mar. 28, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1481
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for Officer concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...