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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June 29, 2004 | WH | ACLU-RDI 4690
White House Cover Sheet re: PC Meeting on 1 July 2004
June 29, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5627
This is the Autopsy Report for Hassan Ekab Ahmed, a detainee at the, Central Collection Facility (CCF), Tikrit, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ahmed was found in his bed, unresponsive, breathless and without a pulse. The Report states that when ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Hassan Ekab Ahmed
June 29, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5622
This is the Autopsy Report Autopsy Report: Abduhl Kaddim Altia, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, It is reported that Mr. Altia had complained of chest pain before collapsing and becoming ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Abduhl Kaddim Altia
June 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6131
An email regarding a forwarded letter. The letter states that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command is conducting an investigation into allegations that two FBI agents were involved in the assault of a civilian detained at the Baghdad ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Email
Steven C. McCraw
Steven C. McCraw, Toni M. Fogle
Physical assault
June 29, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6371
This document is an Initial Army CID report concerning allegations by a detainee that he was tortured for approximately 24 hours by agents of the FBI while held at the Baghdad International Airport detention facility. Records revealed that the ...
July 21, 2009
Oversight Report
Stomach/abdominal slap, Other, Physical assault
June 29, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6435
This document is a FBI Situation Report for FBI Detachment in Afghanistan (6/29/04). It contains logistical information about FBI presence as well as detainee information, summaries of detainee interviews, and updates about FBI missions ...
June 30, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 55

An investigation into the death of Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi (ISN 159756). On 11 May 2004 he reportedly abruptly collapsed and became unconscious. Resuscitation was initiated and continued during: transport to the facility hospital ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott, John Peterson
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
June 30, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 780
Interviewee was assigned to AG from October 7-21, 2003 as a member of the Mobile Training Team. Interviewee recalled the he/she had a conversation with [redacted] concerning the IROE and interrogation approaches. Stated that he/she gave him ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Other
June 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2537
Sworn statement by a Major, who discusses detainee operations. States, "ICDC [Iraqi Civilian Defense Corps] interview techniques were a little rougher than ours and there was a guy that got slapped, so the commander decided not to leave ICDC ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Assault/death, Use of phobias, Threat
June 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2562
Sworn Statement by Commander of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division regarding interrogations. States that he was unaware of allegations that a detainee had been sodomized during an interrogation, but that he was surprised because the division had ...