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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Army Questionnaire: Questions for the Detention Facility NCOIC and S2 of Forward Operating Base Salerno concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire ...
Powerpoint presentation providing "a proposed way-ahead to develop policies that govern how the Army/units/Soldiers handle detainees from point of capture to conviction or release, to include a review of common task training and specialized MP ...
Memorandum referring to "operation." Contents Completely Redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Barry Sabin
Barry Sabin
Talking points on transfer of Russian detainees from Guantanamo and assurances from Russia. This memo covers potential questions and appropriate answers for dealing with the press when asked about the Russian detainees held at Guantanamo. The key ...
Press release contains talking points on the transfer of seven Russian nationals from Guantanamo bay detention to the Russian government.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Theodore Sellin
Emails refer to a document apparently described as or entitled Jul 1 info paper. [Document is not included].
Autopsy no: ME 04-100; Hassan Ekab Ahmed, a 61-year-old male Iraqi civilian, was a detainee held at the Detention Central Collection Facility, Tikirit, Iraq. He was discovered deceased in his bed when he failed to report to the morning head ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hassan Ekab Ahmed
Autopsy No: ME 04-101; Saad Mohammed Abdullah, a 54-year-old male Iraqi civilian was a detainee at Abu Ghraib prison. He was brought to the main gate unconscious. Earlier in the day of his death, detainee had complained about an inability to ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Saad Mohammed Abdullah
Iraqi male civilian, Saad Mohammed Abdullah, was a detainee of the U.S. Armed Forces at Camp Ghanci, Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq. He was brought to the main gate unconscious by other detainees. The decedent reported an inability to urinate to medics ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Saad Mohammed Abdullah
Autopsy Report of Hassan Ekab Ahmed, 61 years old. Died February 8, 2004, Tikrit, Iraq. Mr. Ahmed was discovered deceased in his bed when he failed to report to the morning head count procedure. The decedent reported a medical history of diabetes ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hassan Ekab Ahmed