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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June 30, 2003 | CID | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1896
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Navy Naval ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature
June 13, 2003 | NCIS | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1894
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Navy Naval ...
June 16, 2003 | USAF | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1895
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Air Force ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General
June 03, 2003 | USAF | ACLU-RDI 1893
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI). The ...
June 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1330
This document contains the medical records from numerous detainees during the summer and Fall of 2003. The records are not separated to distinguish from one patient to another. However, the records cover the medical treatment of numerous Iraqi ...
June 23, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1176
Memo for the Record concerning an AR 15-6 investigation findings of investigation in to alleged detainee abuse and mock executions by U.S. forces. The investigator cannot determine if the mock executions were actually conducted or just perceived ...
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Raymond T. Odierno
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death, Mock Burial
June 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1177
Sworn statement of a soldier who witnessed an incident where an Army Lieutenant abused a detainee and threatened them with mock executions. Sworn statements for investigation. Soldiers state that they were informed they could fire warning shots ...
May 16, 2005
Investigative File
Assault/death, Threat
June 24, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1174
Emails between Army Officers re: Request to Have CID Investigate Allegations.
June 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1175
Description of allegations of two occasions in which soldiers used "mock executions" as scare tactics when dealing with Iraqi detainees. On the first occasion, an Iraqi boy was threatened with a loaded weapon, which was discharged immediately to ...
June 29, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1045
A 27 year-old male Iraqi detainee brought to Army hospital following arrest for theft. The Detainee complained of pain in ribs & shoulder; difficulty breathing; and pain in lower left abdominal. Exam showed a possible broken collar bone, ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General