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. 27, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 127
CID report of investigation into accusations against soldiers for housebreaking and larceny in Camp Anaconda, Balad, Iraq. All three soldiers received a reduction in rank, and pay was taken away.
Aug. 16, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 128
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
June 24, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 129
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
Nov. 23, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 130

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
June 30, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 131

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
July 14, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 132

CID report on investigation of the death of detainee Hassan Ekab Ahmed at Division Central Collection Facility (DCCF), Tikrit, Iraq. Determined cause of death was natural as a result of heart disease.

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott, John Peterson
Hassan Ekab Ahmed
Sept. 02, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 133

CID report on the investigation into the attempted escape of two detainees from Camp Cropper, Iraq and the shooting and subsequent death of one of the detainees, Ajkel Adebal Hussein Jabar. The shooting is deemed a justifiable homicide.

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott, Thom Jones
Akel Abedal Hussein Jabar
Physical assault, Other
May 19, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 134
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
July 22, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 135
CID investigation into the manner of death of detainee Fathel Ibrahim Mahmood at the Baghdad, Central Confinement Facility, Abu Ghraib, Iraq. Mr. Mahmood experienced chest pains and was discovered unresponsive when medical personnel arrived at ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott, John Peterson
Fathel Ibrahim Mahmood
Other
Jan. 01, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 136
Report of investigation into an undetermined death of Abdureda Lafta Abdul Kareem, also known as Abu Malik Kenami, a detainee held in a military police battalion in Mosul, Iraq. According to the investigation, Abdul Kareem was found unresponsive ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Abu Malik Kenami