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 document is a statement from an unknown military suspect concerning his/her knowledge of allegations of mistreatment of Manadel Al-Jamadi, who was held at Abu-Ghraib while in the custody of Foxtrot Platoon, SEAL Team #7. This military ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Interview (Statement)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault
Death certificate of Manadel Al-Jamadi accompanied by a CID executive summary of his death. The summary asserts that Al-Jamadi died of a heart attack after being released from Navy Seal Team #7 and the OGA interrogation team. The CID will ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo, Medical (Death Certificate)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault
Revised version of Army Regulation 190-8, Enemy Prisoners of War, Retained Personnel, Civilian Internees and Other Detainees which implements Department of Defense Directive 2310.1 and establishes policies and planning guidance for the treatment, ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo
Togo D. West, Jr., J.L. Johnson, J.S. Mobley, Richard A. Coleman, Jason L. Jones
This Tactical Interrogation Report, written by the DOD's J2X branch and addressed to Iraqi coalition forces, documents the interrogation of Iraqi detainee Amged Kazem Khalaf. The report consists of three components (I) Administrative (II) ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Amged Kazem Khalaf
Partially redacted log reporting activities and incidents during prison shifts in November 2003. Based on the date range recorded, this log may relate to the death of Manadel Al-Jamadi.
Jan. 14, 2014
Other
Manadel Al-Jamadi
This report known as the "Taguba Report" covers the alleged abuse of prisoners by members of the 800th Military Police Brigade at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad. It was ordered by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of Joint Task Force 7, the ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Investigative File
Antonio Taguba
This presentation lays out the organizational structure of the The Iraq Survey Group (ISG), its mission statement, goals, operating hypotheses, and issues. One part of the ISG's operations was the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center.
Press Release from the Public Affairs Office of the 82nd Airborne Division concerning the death of Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mawhoush.
Jan. 14, 2014
Other
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Record documenting the capture of Abu Ali, senior member of the Abu Abdullah Terrorist Group, Manadal Al-Jumadi, Abu Abdullah, Abu Abdullah group cell leader, and "one unknown male, Ivo Mahmudiyah". Abu Ali was detained by Naval Special Warfare ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Other
Abu Ali, Manadel Al-Jamadi
Letter from the Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command to John L. Helgerson, CIA Inspector General requesting assistance in investigating the death of Abed Hamed Mowhoush. Specifically, the letter requests "assistance in ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Letter
John L. Helgerson
John L. Helgerson
Abed Hamed Mowhoush