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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Feb. 03, 2008 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5776
This is an NCIS investigation of the death of an Thair Hamid Khalaf Hassan Alwani, Iraqi detainee who died in the custody of the Military Transition Team (MiTT) on December 22, 2007 while being transported from Combat Outpost (COP) Manion to the ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Investigative File (NCIS), Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Thair Hamid Khalaf Hassan Alwani
Physical assault
Jan. 03, 2008 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5552
This is a CID investigation into the death Mohammad Khudayer Abulla, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Abulla was strangled to death on September 13, 2007 by other detainees, and ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Mohammad Khudayer Abulla
Physical assault
Dec. 31, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5541
This is a CID investigation into an allegation of an unlawful death of an unidentified Afghani prisoner. The investigation was initiated when a Captain reported that a suspected Taliban detainee was executed during questioning after being ...
Dec. 22, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5779
TThis is an NCIS investigation of the death of an Thair Hamid Khalaf Hassan Alwani, Iraqi detainee who died in the custody of the Military Transition Team (MiTT) on December 22, 2007 while being transported from Combat Outpost (COP) Manion to the ...
Jan. 21, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (NCIS), Photograph, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Thair Hamid Khalaf Hassan Alwani
Physical assault
Dec. 15, 2007 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 5729
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), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Ahmad Khalaf Abdal
Dec. 12, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5551
This is a CID investigation into the death Mohammed Ajimi Al-Isawi, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. Mr. Al-Sawai's body was found burred in a shallow grave on the camp grounds on August 12, 2007. It is ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Mohammed Ajimi Al-Isawi
Physical assault
Dec. 12, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5543
This is a CID investigation into the death of Khatab Aswad Salih. Mr, Salih was in a house being raided when he was shot by US soldiers. This report is the investigation in to that matter. The soldiers involved admit shooting Mr. Salih, but were ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID, NCIS), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Khatab Aswad Salih
Dec. 07, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5553
This is a CID investigation into the death Hussayn Abid Mustaf, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that on October 1, 2007 Mr. Mustaf was using the latrine facilities when, upon reaching ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Hussayn Abid Mustaf
Dec. 02, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5549
This is a CID investigation into the death Mohammed Hashim Abdul Rahim, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq, on July 11, 2007. Mr. Rahim was accused of anti-Islamic actives by a Shariyat Court established ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Mohammed Hashim Abdul Rahim
Physical assault
Dec. 02, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5560
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Hatem Krarem Lateef, a detainee at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. Mr. Lateef was engaged in a battle with Coalition Forces (CF) on June 30th, wherein he ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Hatem Krarem Lateef
Physical assault