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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Medical Report: Medical Record of Iraqi Male re: Pneumonia and Blast Injuries. This document is an incomplete record of the gentleman's medical record and treatment.
Medical records of Iraqi detainee, confirmed to be an Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW). Medical conditions included, gunshot wound to the right knee, causing a fracture and a concussion. The additional reports in the record state that the detainee ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Medical records of an Iraqi male of unknown age. Partial medical records beginning with, "ICU Admission Orders." Medical conditions included, Pneumonia and blast injury. Sounds similar to patient from RDI 1266. The records do not state how the ...
Medical report of "Foreign National-POW/INTERN" of an unknown age or nationality. The file is of the detainee's lab results. Medical conditions included, shrapnel to the Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)abdomen and pneumonia. X-ray images are included. ...
Medical report of an Iraqi detainee. Medical conditions included, gunshot wounds. Medical treatment provided included, blood transfusion.
Partial medical record of medication and treatment of an unknown person with an unspecified medical condition. The medical records do not state how the person received his/her injuries/illness and does not give any personal information on the ...
Medical report of Iraq detainee. Medical conditions included, gunshot wound to pelvis; laceration of bladder and neck. Medical treatments included, right nephrectomy.
Medical record of a 21-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Detainee, Baghdad, Iraq re: Gunshot Wounds to Pelvis. Medical conditions included, failed/damaged right kidney; large pelvic hemotoma; laceration of neck.
Blood transfusion reports. These medical records from numerous detainees during March of 2003. The records are not separated to distinguish from one patient to another.
This is a partial medical record of an unknown Iraqi male or unknown age. The records state the injury of the detainee is a Gunshot wound, but does not state how the injury was incurred.
Medical record of an unknown person Dx: Right Nephrectomy; Iteal Conduit
Medical records of a 20 year-old Iraqi male civilian admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to his pelvis and associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the gentleman received his injuries. The medical report ...
Medical record of Iraqi male 50 years-old. Medical conditions included, trauma to skin, acute respiratory failure and an open wound.
Medical report of 50 year-old Iraqi male suffering from the effects of a gunshot wound to the stomach. Medical procedures included, resection of transverse colon; exploratory Laparotomy; colonoscopy; and endoscope of Small Intestine. Follow-up ...
Medical report of a 50 year-old Iraqi male detainee with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and torso.
Medical record on a 50-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Foreign Civilian, Baghdad, Iraq re: Gunshot Wounds to Abdomen; Bilious Ascites. The medical records do not state how the gentleman received his injuries and does not give any personal information on ...
Contents redacted. Appears to be a medical document.
Medical records of an Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with g gunshot wound to the abdomen and associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries. The ...
This document is a partial (three pages) of laboratory results for an unknown person with an unknown medical condition.
Medical report of Iraqi detainee, including a Radiological report. Medical conditions included, gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Medical records of a 50 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to the abdomen and associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries, ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General

Circumstances of death: "This believed to be 61 year old male Iraqi civilian was a detainee of the U.S. Armed Forces at the Detention Central Collection Facility, Tikrit, Iraq when he was discovered deceased in his bed... The decedent ...

Circumstances of death are described as "died in US custody approximately 72 hours after being apprehended...physical force was required during his initial apprehension during a raid. During his confinement, he was hooded, sleep deprived, and ...
Male Iraqi National, DOB: January 1, 1960. Circumstances of death are described as: "[t]his 44 year old male, an Iraqi National, was apprehended by US Forces in Kirkuk, Iraq after he and two accomplices fired on coalition forces with rocket ...
Male Iraqi National, 75, collapsed and died during transport to a facility hospital. Circumstances of death: The detainee at the Central Baghdad Detainee Facility (Abu Ghraib) on 11 May 2004 he reportedly abruptly collapsed and became ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Autopsy)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
Detainee Abduhl Kaddim Altia died while at Abu Ghraib prison. The circumstances of death: Died while in US custody in Abu Ghraib prison. Detainee complained of chest pain to his son and then collapsed." Iraqi male, 64 years old (1940 DOB listed), ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Autopsy)
Abduhl Kaddim Altia
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
This letter from Nathan J. Whitling, an attorney representing Omar Ahmed Khadr, a Guantanamo Bay Detainee and a Canadian citizen. Mr. Whitling states "we must express our grave concern in relation to the issues raised by these allegations of the ...
June 08, 2005
Letter
Nathan J. Whitling
Bill Graham
Omar Ahmed Khadr
This letter is a follow-up to previous letters sent to Canadian Foreign Affairs officials concerning Mr. Omar Ahmed Khadr, a Guantanamo Bay Detainee. The letter requests that the Canadian Department of Foreign. Affairs and International Trade ...
June 08, 2005
Letter
Nathan J. Whitling
Bill Graham
Omar Ahmed Khadr
This letter is a response from the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bill Graham to Dennis Edney of Edley, Hattersley & Dolphin concerning a Guantanamo detainee Omar Ahmed Khadr, who is a Canadian citizen. Mr. Graham acknowledges Mr. Edney's ...
June 08, 2005
Letter
Bill Graham
Dennis Edney
Omar Ahmed Khadr
This letter is a response from the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bill Graham to Nathan J. Whitling of Parke McLaws Barristers & Solicitors, concerning a Guantanamo detainee Omar Ahmed Khadr, who is a Canadian citizen. Mr. Graham ...
June 08, 2005
Letter
Bill Graham
Nathan J. Whitling
Omar Ahmed Khadr
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Cover page for document to be delivered to administration personnel concerning the January 22, 2004 PCC meeting on detainees.
June 08, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Bruce Swartz, Pierre-Richard Prosper, JoAnn J. Dolan, William Howard Taft, IV, Eliana Davidson, John B. Wiegmann
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
State Department cover sheet for delivery of documents re: PCC Meeting on Detainees
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Emails between Mathew Waxman and Amb. Prosper concering a meeting on the detainees. The comments from Mr. Waxman are "Am I correct that what we need -- and I think this is what Pierre was recommending -- is a one-page sheet BEFORE we get to these ...
June 08, 2005
Email
Mathew C. Waxman
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper, Matthew C. Waxman, JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller
Email from Laurel Miller with the following comment "rom detainee policy working group at OSD just called to give us the heads up a sensitive and potentially inflammatory photos of detainees being moved by aircraft in theater are now circulating ...
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
White House Cover Sheet re: Transmission Receipt of SOC Meeting on Detainees
This White House memo discusses the treatment of detainees taken in the War on Terror and how they are to be classified and the determination of their legal status.
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
White House Cover Sheet re: Transmission Receipt of SOC for PC Meeting on Detainees
White House Cover Sheet re: Agenda for 12 May PC Meeting on Detainees
White House Cover Sheet re: Agenda and Discussion Paper for PC Meeting on Detainees
White House Cover Sheet re: PC Meeting on 1 July 2004
White House Cover Sheet re: SOC for 1 Jun PC Meeting on Detainees.
White House Cover Sheet re: Detainees - International Committee of the Red Cross
Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
June 08, 2005
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld