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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Sept. 02, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4808
This report provides detailed information into the death of Zaid Muhammed Tariq, an Iraqi national detainee. On August 22, 2003, at the Dakota EPW Holding Cell officers found Mr. Tariq on the floor of his cell, cell 14, having convulsions. The ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Zaid Muhammed Tariq
Physical assault
Nov. 22, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 4830
This document is a list of evidence gathered and the military forms used. The primary form cited is the DA Form 2823. The list also includes the Unit(s) involved in the investigation and Item in evidence.
Nov. 25, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 4831
This document is part of a larger document. The contents of this document are: “Recommendations: (Appointment Letter Dated 25 November 2003) as of 4 DEC 03 - No further investigation. Detainee received injury when his head hit a board on the ...
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4835
Three Photos of Detainees at Warhorse Detention Center all are redacted.
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4836
This Army operations report details a house raid in the Tahrir district of Baghdad. The report states "Conducted raid on home. Received small arms fire from roof as we were conducting the front door entry. Also received fire inside the building. ...
Nov. 21, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4837
Army PowerPoint Presentation re: Slides of Instructions for Patrols of Anti-coalition Mosques
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4838
Records of detainee's medical care at Camp Warhorse, Baquba Air Base, Iraq. Provides the dates, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and the treating organization. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received their ...
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4840
This document is the standard Army form used when apprehending a prisoner. This form is completed and pertains to the apprehension of an Iraqi who was caught firing upon U.S./Coalition forces from his home and roof along with his two (2) sons in ...
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4850
This synopsis of events concerns the taking of prisoners from a house in Baqubah, Iraq, November 22, 2003 from where gunfire upon U.S./Coalition forces emanated. The report of events is by the investigating officer and details the actions of ...
Nov. 22, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4880
Email expressing the FBI's concerns with the DHS' draft plan, which the DHS presented to the DoD as a DHS/FBI plan. The author writes that they are notifying the Major General of their strenuous opposition to the interrogation plan, describing ...
Sept. 07, 2006
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller, Michael Gelles