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.
CID investigation into the death of a detainee, Major General (MG) Abed Hamed Mowhoush. MG Mowhoush was interrogated by U.S. personnel on November 24 and 26, 2003. The names of the interrogators are redacted (except for Staff Sgt. Aaron N. ...
This is a NCIS investigation into the death of Ahmad Khalaf Adbal, a Syrian national who died during interrogation at Camp Al Asad Regional Detention Facility (RDF), on January 3, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for ...
This is a NCIS investigation into the death of Ahmad Khalaf Adbal, a Syrian national who died during interrogation at Camp Al Asad Regional Detention Facility (RDF), on January 3, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for ...
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ezaldin Awand Hazzaa Al Doulaimee, a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF) Hospital, Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on October 12, 2006. On September 30, 2006, Mr. Al Doulaimee was one of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Ezaldin Awand Hazzaa Al Doulaimee Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Ali Hussein Mutlib, a detainee who died at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Mutlib was hospitalized for heart & blood pressure problems. He died ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract is the tenth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of the modification is to increase the contract value and target ...
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Al Jughayfi Haskim Humoud Humaidi, a.k.a. Ismail Na-Ama, a detainee who died after being interrogated by Iraqi Police at Forward Operating Base (FOB), Hadithia. It is reported that Mr. Humaidi was ...
This is a chart which lists 384 detainees of the US government; everything but their names, the dates of ARB completion, and their home countries are redacted.
This is an NCIS investigation into the death of Ismail Na-Ama Ahmed, an Iraqi civilian who died following a beating he received by Iraqi Police (IP) following his arrest and detention at the Echo Company Forward Operating Base (FOB) Haditha, ...
This is a NCIS investigation into the death of Ahmad Khalaf Adbal, a Syrian national who died during interrogation at Camp Al Asad Regional Detention Facility (RDF), on January 3, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Ahmad Khalaf Abdal
This memo describes the CIA's rendition, detention, and interrogation program, including the legal authorities under which the program operates and the safeguards and controls that have been undertaken to prevent deviation, improvisation, abuse ...
This is a CID investigation into the reported death of two (2) Iraqi men in February 2005. The men, Jasim Mohammed Shihab and Ahmed Jasim Radhi were supposedly killed by US soldiers. investigation was begun more than a year after the deaths of ...
This is a CID investigation into the death of Khalifah Hamadi Atiah, a detainee who died as a patient at the 21st Combat Army Support Hospital (CASH), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq, on December 2, 2006. Mr. Atiah was a detainee at Theater ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes) Khalifah Hamadi Atiah
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 ...
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), Medical (Autopsy), Interview (Summaries/Notes) Hasan Salih Mohammed
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
Chart/List, Investigative File (NCIS), Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Hasan Salih Mohammed
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ali Hussein Mutlib, a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF) Hospital, Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on December 4, 2006. Mr. Mutlib was reportedly suffering from blood pressure problems. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Ali Hussein Mutlib
This is a CID investigation into the death of Fadil Jadua Hamid, a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF) Hospital, Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on October 19, 2006. Mr. Hamid was reportedly sleeping when he was noticed by other ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Fadil Jadua Hamid
This is a CID investigation into the death of Muntasir Hamad Furayh Al Mehlawy at Camp Remembrance II Internment Facility, Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq on October 28, 2006. Mr. Furayh Al Mehlawy was in a communal tent housing unit at Camp Cropper, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Muntasir Hamad Furayh Al Mehlawy
An autopsy report for Ahmad Khalaf Abdal, a detainee who died during an interrogation with a human exploitation team. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for approximately thirty (30) minutes when he fainted and slumped in his ...
This document is testimony given by Steven Bradbury, acting Assistant Attorney General of the OLC before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The testimony contains Mr. Bradbury's summary of the four legal standards that apply to the ...
TThis is an NCIS investigation into the death of Ismail Na-Ama Ahmed, an Iraqi civilian who died following a beating he received by Iraqi Police (IP) following his arrest and detention at the Echo Company Forward Operating Base (FOB) Haditha, ...
These emails have attachments entitled "372nd MP CO, 320th MP BN and 800th MP BDE" and the comment from General Burns is "Attached papers on 372nd MP CO, 320th MP BN and 800th MP BDE are provided per our discussion."
This is a CID investigation into the death of Salah Safak Hamed. Mr. Hamed was a detainee that was transferred to the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) Combat Support Hospital (CSH), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq from the 10th Combat ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Salah Safak Hamed Physical assault
This is the Autopsy report & Death Certificate for Umar Sa'ad Nassir Jabrin, a 22-year-old Saudi detainee. The Report states that Mr. Jabrin was found deceased in a garbage dumpster at the interment facility. Cause of Death: Multiple Blunt Force ...
Ghazi Al-Duri Faisel was a detainee who died while in custody at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Remagen, Iraq. It is reported that on May 29, 2006 Mr. Faisel used the camp latrine and accidentally hit his head on the lintel when finished. Mr. ...
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Mohammad Anwar Abdulkarim, a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Abdulkarim was attacked by another detainee and stabbed to ...
This is a CID investigation into the death of Najim Mohammed Abbass Al-Zubaidi, a detainee at Camp Remembrance II Internment Facility, Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq on October 8, 2006. It is reported that Mr. Abbass Al-Zubaidi was being held in the ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Najim Mohammed Abbass Al-Zubaidi
This is a NCIS investigation into the death of Ahmad Khalaf Adbal, a Syrian national who died during interrogation at Camp Al Asad Regional Detention Facility (RDF), on January 3, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes) Ahmad Khalaf Abdal
This is a CID investigation into the death of Moslum Dawood Humud, a detainee who died at the Combat Support Hospital (CSH), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq on November 6, 2006. Mr. Humud was admitted to the CSH after being captured following a ...
This is a CID investigation into the death of an unknown Iraqi who appeared at the Al-Salillyah Police Station, Haifa Street, Baghdad on September 20, 2006, and died there shortly after arriving. The decedent is reported to have suffered an ...
This document is a Department of Defense (DOD) Hospital Death Report and Death Certificate for detainee Ubayd Harhoosh Hamed. Mr. Hamed was a 61-year-old Iraqi detainee of Camp Bucca. He was brought to the hospital after sustaining injuries from ...
This is the Death Certificate & Hospital Records for Saddam Muhammad Harag a detainee that died in a mortar attack at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Harag was injured when the CamP was ...
This is the Death Certificate and hospital Records for Hamid Obain Muhammad, a detainee that was killed in a mortar blast at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq, on June 9, 2007. Mr. Muhammad was injured in a mortar ...
This is the Death Certificate & Hospital Records for Abdul Abdul Hameed a detainee who died of a mortar blast at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. on June 9, 2007 It is reported that a mortar attack on the camp ...
This file contains documents relating to the death of Ibrahim Muhsin Khamas, a 28-year-old Iraqi detainee who was killed by a mortar blast at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca on on June 9, 2007. Mr. Khamas was injured in a mortar ...
This is a CID investigation into the killing of three (3) detainees at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. The dead detainees, Rasoul Jabal Daraj, and two (2) other unnamed Iraqi male detainees (referred to as Mr. ...
This is a CID investigation into the death of Amer Ibrahim Mussa-Muhammed, a detainee who died by murder at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. Mr. Mussa-Muhammed was murdered by four (4) of his fellow detainees. He was ...
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ghazi Al-Duri Faisel who died while in custody at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Remagen, Iraq. It is reported that on May 29, 2006 Mr. Faisel used the camp latrine, and accidentally hit his head on the ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes) Ghazi Al-Duri Faisel
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Karwan Muhhamad Ali Mahmud a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ali Mahmud was found by other detainees unconscious & unresponsive. ...
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Abd Al-Rahman M. Al-Umari a detainee at Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. It is reported that Mr. Al-Rahman committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell. The Report states that CPR & other ...
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Abd Al-Rahman M. Al-Umari a detainee at Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. It is reported that Mr. Al-Rahman committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell. The Report states that CPR & other ...
This June 22, 2007 email re: EIT briefing for SECSTATE discusses the meeting Mitchell and Jessen had with John Rizzo and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice (General Counsel John Bellenger also attended) to discuss two EITs and Common Article III. ...