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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State Department Cable Subject: March 21 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo – No additional information or context.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Pierre-Richard Prosper
Pierre-Richard Prosper, Richard A. Boucher
Medical records of a 50 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to the abdomen and associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries, ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General
Medical record on a 50-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Foreign Civilian, Baghdad, Iraq re: Gunshot Wounds to Abdomen; Bilious Ascites. The medical records do not state how the gentleman received his injuries and does not give any personal information on ...
This document is a partial (three pages) of laboratory results for an unknown person with an unknown medical condition.
Medical report of Iraqi detainee, including a Radiological report. Medical conditions included, gunshot wound to the abdomen.
This document contains the medical records from numerous detainees during April and March of 2003. The records are not separated to distinguish from one patient to another. However, the records cover the medical treatment of numerous Iraqi Enemy ...
Medical records of an Iraqi male, 63 years-old, with a gunshot wound to his left chest. The medical records do not give any indication as to how he received his injuries or any personal information on the gentleman.
Minutes of March 24, 2003 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Adolph McQueen
State Department cable concerning an article in the Independent newspaper concerning two (2) Al-Qaeda terror suspects, Jamil El Banna and Bisher Amin Khalil al Rawi, being transferred to Guantanamo. The article raises questions about extradition ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Jamil El Banna, Bisher Amin Khalil al Rawi