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.

Search Result (143)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
Oct. 02, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 574

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant. He admitted that he was a driver for Usama Bin Laden and served as one of his armed bodyguards, though he claimed that such activity was ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Salim Ahmed Hamdan
Other
Oct. 07, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 575

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an "Enemy Combatant" and that he willingly joined the Taliban and fought against American armed forces. The detainee denied all allegations against him, ...

Nov. 30, 2005
Legal Memo, CSRT
Other
Nov. 20, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 577

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he was part of or supported Al Qaida against coalition forces. Detainee is a Syrian national who traveled to Afghanistan in 1999 ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Abd al Nasir Mohammed Abd al Qadir Khantumani
Other
Dec. 09, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 578

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he supported Al Qaida forces against the coalition. Detainee is a Syrian national who trained in Afghanistan for military combat ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Muhammad Abd al Nasir Muhammad Khantumani, Abd al Nasir Mohammed Abd al Qadir Khantumani
Other
Oct. 09, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 581

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he supported the Taliban or Al Qaida and that he traveled to Afghanistan with the purpose of training at an Al Qaida camp. ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Nawaf Fahad al Otaibi
Other
Nov. 13, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 583

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he fought against coalition forces with the Taliban or Al Qaida. Tribunal also found that the detainee supported Al Qaida training ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Moazzam Begg
Other
Sept. 20, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 584

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he engaged in hostilities against coalition forces. Tribunal further showed that the detainee conducted surveillance of buildings, ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Mamdouh Ibrahim Ahmed Habib
Other
Dec. 17, 2004 | CSRT | ACLU-RDI 587

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he engaged in hostilities against the United States by attacking the Shkin firebase. Detainee claimed that he had been tricked ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Abdul Nasir
Other
July 26, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 595
Memo relating six records of detainee-related offenses between October 2001 and July 2004 at Guantanamo Bay. Some facts and all names are redacted. Accusations in the records are of assault, battery, verbal harassment, dereliction of improper ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Chart/List
Other
May 20, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1752
This Court Martial record discusses the court martial proceedings of Staff Sergeant Ivan L. Frederick, II, who was charged for offenses he committed while assigned to the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility on or about November 08, 2003. SSG ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Ivan L. Frederick, II, Megan M. Ambuhl, Jeremy C. Sivits, Javal Sean Davis, Charles A. Graner, Jr., Sabrina D. Harman, Armin J. Cruz, Lynndie Rana England, Roman Krol, Thomas F. Metz
Threat, Use of electricity, Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Other