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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These emails are from an Army CID officer concerned about where to conduct an autopsy in the event a detainee dies in custody. The question was over transporting the body to the United States and what ramifications that might have. The email ...
These emails are between Army CID and Navy NCIS investigators concerning the policy for reporting criminal investigations during contingency operations and specifically hostile fire deaths. The Army CID Investigator provides the Standard ...

An investigation into a detainee's complaint that $6,200 had been taken from him at a military checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.  The report states that investigators were unable to interview, resulting in an incomplete investigation.

Report of investigation into the abuse and mock execution of Iraqi civilians by a U.S. soldier on two separate occasions. Investigation established that the soldier committed the offenses of assault, conspiracy, release of a detainee without ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
Jacqueline J. Scott
Threat, Assault/death
Investigation into an incident of two soldiers assaulting an Iraqi civilian who had been taken into custody of the US Army near the Iraq Museum of Military History, Baghdad, Iraq. The investigation established probable cause to believe that the ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
John Peterson, Jacqueline J. Scott
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death
Investigation into the death of Yasiree Ahmes Al-Haddii, an enemy prisoner of war at Camp Bucca, Um Qasr, Iraq. Yasiree was found to have committed the offenses of attempted murder, rioting, and aggravated assault prior to his death. Two U.S. ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
Ahmes Al-Haddii Yasiree

Investigation into the death of detainee Obeed Hethere Radad at Camp Packhorse, Tikrit, Iraq. A specialist from the 4th Fwd. Support. Bn., 4ID, shot and killed Mr. Radad, without first issuing warnings as required under the Rules of ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
Jacqueline J. Scott, Kevin J. Palgutt, David A. England
Obeed Hethere Radad
Physical assault, Other

Investigation into accusations that U.S. soldiers stole more than $40,000 from an Iraqi citizen. Investigation did not develop sufficient evidence to prove or disprove allegations. Investigation terminated.

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Other
CID Investigation into a shooting of a civilian by a tower guard at Camp Bucca International Facility, Iraq. Due to a miscommunication, detainee was initially thought to be deceased, but was treated at a U.S. Army Medical Facility and is ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott
Physical assault, General
Documents associated with CID investigation into the death of Abdureda Lafta Abdul Kareem, also known as Abu Malik Kenami, a detainee who was found dead in his cell in Mosul, Iraq.
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
Abu Malik Kenami