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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Jan. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 5147
This memorandum of understanding is between the Joint Interrogation and Detention Center (JIDC) and all external agencies who want to house detainees in cell block 1A and 1B at Abu Ghraib. The stated goal of the agreement is to eliminate the ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo
Isolation
DOD | ACLU-RDI 5160
This fragmentation order to CJTF-7 concerns detainee detention operations. The order consolidates prior detainee orders and guidance and controls detention and processing of all civilian internees and enemy prisoners of war. This copy does not ...
June 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5151
This DOD memo for Attendees of the IC Leadership VTC from the Iraq Survey Group relates to the capabilities of the Joint Intelligence Debriefing Centre. A significant portion of this document is redacted.
July 10, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 5158
This document is the CIA's copy of one of many sworn statements regarding the interrogation and subsequent death of Iraqi Major General Abed Mowhoush. This statement is also included in CID Report 0027-03-CID679-64999 released by the DOD. The ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Interview (Statement)
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Physical assault
Nov. 09, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5166
CIA Copy of the Preliminary autopsy report of Manadel Al-Jamadi who died while detained at Abu Ghraib Prison. This document is also attached to the CID Report (Death): 0237-03-CID259-61219 released by the DOD. This version contains different ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Medical (Autopsy)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
June 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5122
This Coalition Provisional Authority memo provides a mechanism for facilitating the partnership between the Multinational force-Iraq (MNF-I) and the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG). It establishes a Joint Detainee Committee (comprised of ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo
L. Paul Bremer
Nov. 28, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5153
Emails to and from Redacted at CJTF-7 regarding the death of Iraqi General Abed Mowhoush and the necessary operational logistics after the fact. The emails describe his death as "[sudden]" and "unexplained." A press release regarding the ...
DOD | ACLU-RDI 5146
This is the CIA's copy of the final autopsy report of detainee Manadel Al-Jamadi. This document is contained within the full-length CID report linked to this document. Autopsy No.: ME 03-504; Iraqi National male, Manadel Al-Jamadi, was ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Medical (Autopsy)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
CID | ACLU-RDI 5163
Agent's investigation report on an unknown Iraqi national at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on November 4, 2003. This report indicates that the detainee stopped breathing and was found face down in the shower after an interrogation. Detainee is ...
Nov. 28, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5152
Emails to and from the DOD regarding the need to conduct an autopsy of Iraqi Major General Abed Mowhoush. One email states that the 82nd Airborne Division issued a press release indicating that the Major General died of "natural causes" and that ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Email
Abed Hamed Mowhoush