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.

Search Result (95)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
Sept. 11, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1781
Investigation into incident where a detainee was shot & killed at FOB Ironhorse on 9/11/03. Medics had advised guards that detainees in isolation could get up and walk around to relieve discomfort and pain. An MP saw detainee touching ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Physical assault, Other
Nov. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1685
This is the medical record of a 14 year-old Iraqi male who was shot in the left leg and took some shrapnel to the face. The medical records do not give any indication as to the circumstances of the events that gave rise to the injuries, only that ...
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General
Nov. 23, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1684
Detainee died of gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen. Traumatic injury secondary to gunshot wound to the abdomen. Approximate interval between onset and death: 13 days.
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault, General
Nov. 18, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1680
Medical records of a 30 year-old Iraqi male admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to chest, groin, torso and associated injuries as a result of a firefight with coalition forces. The Iraqi was firing a Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher (RPG) at ...
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Nov. 07, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1679
Death Certificate of unknown Iraqi Male of unknown age. The deceased appears to have been a detainee and was shot multiple times to the back, chest and pelvis.
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault, General
Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1678
Medical records of a 25 year-old Iraqi male detainee who suffered a broken jaw in an un-described assault eight (8) days earlier.
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Nov. 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1675
Medical records of a 20 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Combatant and Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to the legs and associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the ...
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Oct. 31, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1672
Medical records for a 25 year-old Iraqi Male, Detainee, Baghdad, Iraq re: Gunshot Wound to buttocks and legs. On November 2, 2003 the patient became hemodynamically unstable and went in to cardiac arrest. the patient was given Advanced Life ...
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General
Nov. 03, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1671
Death Certificate: 25-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Detainee, Baghdad, Iraq (Homicide)
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
General, Physical assault
Oct. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1669
Death Certificate of an Iraqi Civilian of unknown age. Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound to the Head - Open Skull Fracture; Cause and location of death not included.
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault, General