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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Letter from Theo van Boven, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on torture to U.S. Amb. Moley re: Special Rapporteur Commission resolutions 2001/62, entitled: "Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Theo van Boven
Kevin Edward Moley
Kevin Edward Moley
CIA copy of Chicago Tribune article reporting on increasing hostility to, and assaults on, American forces in Iraq. The article specifically discusses the danger of remote places like Al-Qaim, where Third Armored convoys were attacked several ...
Mar. 15, 2013
Other
Michele Bredenkemp, Greg Reilly, Steve Smith, Antonio Aguto
Autopsy No.: ME 03-367 (EPW#2); enemy prisoner of war in US custody. On or about 8/22/03, detainee was noted to be lying on the ground with shallow respiration and decreased sweating. Emergency medical services were summoned and he was noted to ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy)
Zaid Muhammed Tariq
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: Deputies Committee Meeting on Guantanamo Detainees
CIA copy of a Colorado Springs Gazette article about the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment's operations in Iraq.
Mar. 15, 2013
Other
Tamarra Ramos, Karol Spencer, Benjamin Freeman, Brian Kleager
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Mohamed Tariq Zaid, who died while in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Zaid was presented with dehydration, obtundation & hypoxia. The report notes that the local temperature was in excess of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Zaid Muhammed Tariq
This is the Autopsy Report of Nadem Sadoon Hatab, a detainee at the Whitehorse Detainment Facility, Nasiriyah, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Hatab had blunt force injuries to his neck, torso & lower extremities, which led to his death. Cause ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Nagem Sadoon Hatab
Physical assault
Autopsy No: ME 03 -368 (EPW 3); male Iraqi enemy prisoner of war. On or about August 13, 2003, decedent was brought to the gate of Abu Ghraib by other detainees and was noted to be pulseless and apneic. Cause of death: Arterioscloerotic ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Dahm Spah
A 46 year-old detainee at Abu Ghraib prison complained of left side chest pain, exhaustion and appeared to collapse during medical check. It was determined that he faked his condition and was feigning fainting. He was returned to his cell for rest.
This FBI memo describes the workgroup that brings together Behavioral Analysis Unit personnel in order to incorporate their skills and experience in to a practical guide for personnel involved in conducting interviews of Al-Qaeda and Taliban ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle