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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May 31, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 4533
This CID investigation into claims made by three Iranian detainees alleging they knew of a fellow Iranian being murdered at Airbase H3, Iraq. They allege the murder took place while they were being detained and interrogated by Coalition Forces. ...
Oct. 16, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 4526
CID investigation into the death of a detainee, Manadel Al-Jamadi. Mr. Al-Jamadi was captured on Nov. 4, 2003 by members of U.S. Navy Seal Team Seven (ST-7), who located Mr. Al-Jamadi at his residence south of Baghdad, Iraq. Mr. Al-Jamadi ...
Oct. 01, 2008
Investigative File (CID)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap, Other
Feb. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4852
530th Military Police Battalion-Camp Ashraf Mission Brief/PowerPoint presentation on the rights of enemy prisoners of war (EPWs). The presentation includes Geneva Convention articles and principles, which discuss the proper treatment of EPWs.
Jan. 05, 2007
Other
Antonio Taguba
Antonio Taguba
July 14, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4788
Emails discuss mistreatment of detainees at Guantanamo (GTMO), the author would like the recipient, who was assigned to GTMO, to respond with any information related to detainee abuse.
Jan. 02, 2007
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
July 12, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4797
Emails discuss detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay. In the original message, the author states that they observed aggressive treatment that was personally upsetting to the author, they added that treatment was perpetrated by military personnel and ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Email
Other
Sept. 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4798
Telephonic interview of former Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) interrogator. The interrogator was assigned to GTMO for two months, February and March of 2003 and stated that during that time she did not witness any incidents she believed were inconsistent ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Other Humiliation
Aug. 29, 2004 | DON | ACLU-RDI 4809
U.S. Marine Corps. command investigation into two allegations of detainee abuse taking place at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. In the first allegation, a witness alleged that he/she observed a rapid deployment force (RDF) guard make a detainee perform ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Investigative File
Abdullah Tohtasinovich Magrupov, Jamal Malik al Harith
Physical assault, General, Forced physical training, Other
July 09, 2004 | DON | ACLU-RDI 4810
U.S. Marine Corps. command investigation into an allegation of detainee abuse. On July 7, 2004, during an interrogation, Abdullah Tohtasinovich Magrupov, reported to [redacted] that he was physically abused by a guard on or about July 5, 2004. .
Jan. 02, 2007
Investigative File
Abdullah Tohtasinovich Magrupov
Physical assault, General
July 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4811
This document is a statement by [redacted], who was in direct supervision of detainee/guard interactions at a regimental detention facility. On July 4, 2004, officers were on duty at the facility and allegedly abused a detainee. A witness told ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Interview (Transcript)
Abdullah Tohtasinovich Magrupov, Bacha Khan, Dawd Gul
Physical assault, General, Other
July 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4812
A Marine provided a statement in which he/she described various incidents of abuse that he/she either witnessed or heard about while stationed at an unknown detention facility. In the first incident, occurring on or about July 3, 2004, the ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Interview (Statement)
Khalid Rashd Ali al Muri, Jamal Malik al Harith
Physical assault, General, Threat, Other Humiliation, Forced physical training, Other