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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This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Abid-Es Hamad-Mashadani, a detainee who died while in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Hamad-Mashadani was transferred to the 344th Field Hospital (FH) from a detention center. Upon arrival at ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Abid-Es Hamad-Mashadani
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
A CID investigation into the death of Qassim Hassim, an Iraqi civilian who was killed by an American Sergeant just outside Sadr City, Iraq. According to the report, a vehicle Mr. Hassim was was traveling in was stopped by US soldiers because it ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Qassim Hassim
Physical assault
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Talib Enezy Ghadban, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Ghadban was admitted to the 344th Field Hospital after ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Talib Enezy Ghadban
This is a CID investigation into the reported abuse and death of an unknown Iraqi male at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. The person making the claim is a Staff Sergeant (SSGT) who has worked at the facility on or ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Isolation
A deleted-page information sheet from the DOD in response to the ACLU's FOIA request. The DOD notes that pages, 16253-16255, were withheld for further review.
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract includes the third modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to increase contract value to ...
This Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract includes the fourth modification to the March 2005 contract between Mitchell, Jessen & Associates and the government. The purpose of this modification is to increase contract value to ...
A detainee alleges that while in US custody he was assaulted during interrogation. The investigation established probable cause to believe detainee was assaulted during interrogations at an unknown location by unknown individuals. Detainee was ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault

A State Department memo addressing whether Article 16 of the Convention Against Torture applies to the CIA's interrogations in foreign countries. The State Department determined that the prohibitions against torture do apply, despite its ...