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 13, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5585
This is a CID Report in to the death of Sadir Ahmed Ibrahim, a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF) Hospital, Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on February 17, 2008. Mr. Al-Janabi was admitted to the TIF 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH), ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Sadir Ahmed Ibrahim
Physical assault
June 06, 2008 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5707
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Husayn Kazim Qurunfir Al-Araki, a detainee who died at Camp Cropper, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Al-Araki was brought to the Camp Hospital for apparent injuries to his torso and neck. The ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Husayn Kazim Qurunair Al-Araki
Physical assault
June 03, 2008 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5773
This is an NCIS investigation of the death of an Iraqi detainee, Thair Hamid Khalaf Hassan Alwani, who died in the custody of the Military Transition Team (MiTT) on December 22, 2007 while being transported from Combat Outpost (COP) Manion to the ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (NCIS), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Thair Hamid Khalaf Hassan Alwani
Physical assault, General
June 03, 2008 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5772
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), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Hasan Salih Mohammed
June 02, 2008 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5830
This is an autopsy report for Rasul Said Anad Al-Janabi, a 19 y/o Iraqi national in custody at Camp Cropper, Iraq. After Mr. Al-Janabi was taken in to custody he was medically examined and given a diagnosis of Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. ...
Mar. 18, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Rasul Said Anad Al-Janabi
May 28, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5542
This is a CID investigation into the death of Isam Yunis Hamdan, a detainee being held at the Mosul Detention Facility, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Diamondback, Mosul Iraq on December 29, 2007. It is reported that prior to his being ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Isam Yunis Hamdan
May 23, 2008 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 4506
DOJ letter regarding ACLU, et al., v. Department of Defense, et al., which states that the CIA has re-reviewed documents concerning waterboarding and produced redacted versions of some of those documents. Letter also mentions that on May 12, ...
May 23, 2008
Letter, Judicial
Michael J. Garcia | Sean H. Lane | Peter M. Skinner
Melanca D. Clark
Michael J. Garcia, Sean H. Lane, Peter M. Skinner
EIT, Use of water, Waterboarding
May 23, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5517
A CID investigation and record of disciplinary proceedings surrounding the deaths of Nahad Yasim Hamid Gumar, Jasim Hassan Komar-Abdullah, Akhmed Farhim Hamid-Al Jemi, and Zyad Jasim Hamid. Four unnamed soldiers were charged with and found guilty ...
May 22, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5586
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Taha Daher Muhammed Al-Ithawi, a detainee at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. On March 16, 2008 Mr. Al-Ithawi was admitted to the CSH complaining numerous ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Taha Daher Muhammed Al-Ithawi
May 22, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5588
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Jassam Aljuburi Awad, a detainee at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Awad was admitted to the CSH on February ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Jassam Aljuburi Awad