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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Aug. 08, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5522
This is a CID investigation into the death of Tha'ir Kaduri Salman, a detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on May 28, 2006. Mr. Salman was playing volleyball in the camp yard when he was witnessed to ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Tha'ir Kaduri Salman
Sept. 07, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5507
This is a CID investigation into the death of Hassan Hadan Rakad, a detainee at Baghdad Central Concentration Facility (BCCF), Abu Ghraib, Iraq. Mr. Rakad became ill while in custody, and was brought to the camp medical facility for a Hernia ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Hassan Hadan Rakad
Sept. 07, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5506
A CID investigation found that Muhammed Hamza Al-Zubaydi who died at Abu Ghraib prison hospital ward after suffering difficultly breathing and chest pain while in detention. Mr. Al-Zubaydi was the former President and Director of the President's ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Muhammed Hamza Al-Zubaydi
Sept. 10, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5515
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ahmed Salih Khtheer, a detainee shot following a roadside stop and search in Samarra, Iraq on January 6, 2006. A US Army patrol operating out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Brassfield-Mora, Samarra, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmed Salih Khtheer
Physical assault, General
Sept. 29, 2006 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5753
TThis is an NCIS investigation into the death of Ismail Na-Ama Ahmed, an Iraqi civilian who died following a beating he received by Iraqi Police (IP) following his arrest and detention at the Echo Company Forward Operating Base (FOB) Haditha, ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ismail Na-Ama Ahmed
Nov. 24, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5531
This is a CID investigation into the death of Ibrahim Ismail. Mr. Ismail was a detainee who died at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) Combat Support Hospital (CSH), Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq, June 5, 2006. Mr. Ismail was admitted to ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ibrahim Ismail
Physical assault
Feb. 07, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5739
This is a NCIS investigation into the death of Ahmad Khalaf Adbal, a Syrian national who died during interrogation at Camp Al Asad Regional Detention Facility (RDF), on January 3, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmad Khalaf Abdal
Feb. 09, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5742
This is a NCIS investigation into the death of Ahmad Khalaf Adbal, a Syrian national who died during interrogation at Camp Al Asad Regional Detention Facility (RDF), on January 3, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmad Khalaf Abdal
Feb. 11, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5738
This is a NCIS investigation into the death of Ahmad Khalaf Adbal, a Syrian national who died during interrogation at Camp Al Asad Regional Detention Facility (RDF), on January 3, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmad Khalaf Abdal
Feb. 13, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5743
TThis is a NCIS investigation into the death of Ahmad Khalaf Adbal, a Syrian national who died during interrogation at Camp Al Asad Regional Detention Facility (RDF), on January 3, 2007. It is reported that Mr. Abdal was being questioned for ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Notes, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Ahmad Khalaf Abdal