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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Jan. 29, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6126
The document is an internal FBI memorandum sent from the Counterterrorism Division to the Director's Office, regarding a request for FBI executive management to approve an Operations Order that details mission operations and requirements for ...
Non-legal Memo
Robert S. Mueller
Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole, Charles Frahm
Mar. 18, 2003 | WH | ACLU-RDI 5885
This DOS Cable to the US Mission, Geneva, Switzerland outlining the US position concerning the care, treatment & transfer of detainees captured and detained in the War on Terror and are in US custody.
Oct. 28, 2011
Cable
Kim R. Holmes
Kim R. Holmes, George W. Bush
Sept. 29, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5607
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of an unknown Iraqi male detainee believed to be Hamza Hassad Twfeek Najm Byaty Al-Zubydy, who died while en route between prisons. It is reported that the detainee experienced an unknown medical ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Hamza Hassad Tawfeek Najm Byaty
July 13, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5611
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Basim Mohammed Hussein, a 26 year old Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) being held at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). It is reported that Mr. Hussein had a long history of pulmonary ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Basim Mohammed Hussein
Oct. 23, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5609
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate of Mohamed Tariq Zaid, who died while in US custody. It is reported that Mr. Zaid was presented with dehydration, obtundation & hypoxia. The report notes that the local temperature was in excess of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Zaid Muhammed Tariq
Oct. 23, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5613
This is the Autopsy Report of Nadem Sadoon Hatab, a detainee at the Whitehorse Detainment Facility, Nasiriyah, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Hatab had blunt force injuries to his neck, torso & lower extremities, which led to his death. Cause ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Nagem Sadoon Hatab
Physical assault
Nov. 13, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5612
Certificate of death for Abdul Wahid, an Afghani civilian. Cause of Death: Multiple Blunt Force Injuries; Manner of Injuries: Homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Death Certificate)
Abdul Wahid
Physical assault
Dec. 18, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5602
This is an Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Abed Hamed Mowhoush, a 56-year-old Iraqi male. Cause of Death: Asphyxia due to Smothering & Chest Compression; Manner of Death: Homicide.
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Physical assault
Oct. 09, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5604
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Taleb Ehad Kazen, a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Kazen had an enlarged heart & a narrowing of the arteries supplying blood to his heart. Cause of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Taleb Ehad Kazen
Oct. 24, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5605
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Dham Spah, a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Spah had an enlarged heart and a narrowing of his arteries supplying blood to his heart. Cause of Death: ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Dahm Spah