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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Apr. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1266
Medical Report: Medical Record of Iraqi Male re: Pneumonia and Blast Injuries. This document is an incomplete record of the gentleman's medical record and treatment.
Apr. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1267
Medical records of Iraqi detainee, confirmed to be an Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW). Medical conditions included, gunshot wound to the right knee, causing a fracture and a concussion. The additional reports in the record state that the detainee ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Apr. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1268
Medical records of an Iraqi male of unknown age. Partial medical records beginning with, "ICU Admission Orders." Medical conditions included, Pneumonia and blast injury. Sounds similar to patient from RDI 1266. The records do not state how the ...
Apr. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1269
Medical report of "Foreign National-POW/INTERN" of an unknown age or nationality. The file is of the detainee's lab results. Medical conditions included, shrapnel to the Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)abdomen and pneumonia. X-ray images are included. ...
Apr. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1271
Partial medical record of medication and treatment of an unknown person with an unspecified medical condition. The medical records do not state how the person received his/her injuries/illness and does not give any personal information on the ...
Apr. 18, 2003 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 1889
Memo summarizes the interview of a Camp Delta detainee. The interviewer was a Special Agent with the NCIS, also an Arabic linguist was present. The detainee answered questions regarding his treatment in the camp, his past activities and his trip ...
Apr. 18, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3448
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The interviewers asked the detainee if he was going to talk if they allowed him to pray. The detainee responded by saying "you have subjected me to mental stress for eight (8) days, why should I talk to ...
Apr. 18, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3449
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee initially refused to speak with the interviewing agent, however, when shown the various names he [the detainee] is known by, and a photo of himself, the detainee decided to engage with the ...
Apr. 21, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3273

Memo from CIRG NCAVC/Behavioral Analysis Unit-West to Counter terrorism- Miami. FBI personnel temporarily assigned to Guantanamo detail their activities and observations. Provided in the memo is a summary of the training received during ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley, Mark E. Safarik, Frankie Battle, Sean Wilson, Mr. Antonitas
Apr. 21, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3450
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee stated that before his arrest he believed in the humane treatment of prisioners in the United States. For this reason, when he was first interrogated, he cooperated with ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, Sexual, Threat, Assault/death, Other Humiliation, Sexual