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. 12, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 5145
This Iraq Survey Group chart lists the current high value detainees as of March 12, 2004 and intends to "inform HVD stakeholders of current ISG analytical/exploitation focus." The document states that detainees scheduled for release are ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Chart/List
Azi Salih al-Numan, Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al Tikriti, Ahmad Abdal-Rashid, Fadhil Abbas Ibrahim al-Ameri, Mahmud Fazi al-Hazaa al-Tikriti, Mullah Al-Bapir, Isam Rashid al-Huwaysh, Asit Sa'ami Mohammad Mahdi Tabrah, Khalil Khadir Mohammad Al-Salhat, Mehdi Abed Mehdi, Thair al-Latif Tilfah, Hazam Abdul Razzak Ayyubi Shihab, Isma'il Hamud Nayif
| ACLU-RDI 5144
This document lists 21 photographs of Mr. Al-Jamadi. The photos themselves are entirely redacted.
Chart/List
Manadel Al-Jamadi
| ACLU-RDI 5143
This document is a selected chronology of representative documents concerning U.S. interrogation policy and legal requirements. While the bulk of the document is redacted, the chronology includes references to OLC memoranda from Jay S. Bybee and ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Other
Alberto R. Gonzales, Jay S. Bybee, William J. Haynes, II, John C. Yoo, John A. Rizzo
DOD | ACLU-RDI 5142
This presentation lays out the organizational structure of the The Iraq Survey Group (ISG), its mission statement, goals, operating hypotheses, and issues. One part of the ISG's operations was the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center.
| ACLU-RDI 5141
Cover page of Close Quarters Defense Student Guide, Level One for Protective Operations. Author's name redacted.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 5140
This report known as the "Taguba Report" covers the alleged abuse of prisoners by members of the 800th Military Police Brigade at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad. It was ordered by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of Joint Task Force 7, the ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Investigative File
Antonio Taguba
| ACLU-RDI 5139
CIA's copy of an autopsy report of Iraqi Major General Abed Mowhoush, who died in U.S. custody at the Al-Qaim detention facility in Iraq. The document states, "the details surrounding the circumstances at the time of death are classified." The ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Medical (Autopsy)
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Physical assault
Nov. 05, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5138
Death certificate of Manadel Al-Jamadi accompanied by a CID executive summary of his death. The summary asserts that Al-Jamadi died of a heart attack after being released from Navy Seal Team #7 and the OGA interrogation team. The CID will ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo, Medical (Death Certificate)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault
DOA | ACLU-RDI 5137
This army memo establishes the USCENTCOM requirements for the parole and release of detainees and EPWs (enemy prisoners of war) in Iraq. A significant portion of the document's text, including the names of relevant officials, has been redacted.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 5136
This investigative report details the detention and interrogation of former Iraqi Army captain, Manadal Al-Jamadi, at the Abu Ghraib detention facility on November 3, 2003. All names of officials involved in the interrogation have been ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Investigative File (CID)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling