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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This Coalition Provisional Authority memo provides a mechanism for facilitating the partnership between the Multinational force-Iraq (MNF-I) and the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG). It establishes a Joint Detainee Committee (comprised of ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo
L. Paul Bremer
This document appears to be a human rights manual, intended to provide basic information regarding national and international recognition of basic human rights. It includes the historical background of the development of human rights awareness, ...
Emails to and from Redacted at CJTF-7 regarding the death of Iraqi General Abed Mowhoush and the necessary operational logistics after the fact. The emails describe his death as "[sudden]" and "unexplained." A press release regarding the ...
This is the CIA's copy of the final autopsy report of detainee Manadel Al-Jamadi. This document is contained within the full-length CID report linked to this document. Autopsy No.: ME 03-504; Iraqi National male, Manadel Al-Jamadi, was ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Medical (Autopsy)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Agent's investigation report on an unknown Iraqi national at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on November 4, 2003. This report indicates that the detainee stopped breathing and was found face down in the shower after an interrogation. Detainee is ...
Emails to and from the DOD regarding the need to conduct an autopsy of Iraqi Major General Abed Mowhoush. One email states that the 82nd Airborne Division issued a press release indicating that the Major General died of "natural causes" and that ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Email
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Document provides an executive summary of the death of a detainee, Manadal Al-Jamadi. Mr. Jamadi was pronounced dead at Abu Ghuraib prison on November 5, 2003. The executive summary is dated November 5, 2003 and states that "[w]hen MANADAL's ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Preliminary autopsy report of General Abed Mowhoush, who died on November 26th, 2003 after being interrogated at the Al Qaim detention facility in Iraq. The cause and manner of death are listed as "pending".
Jan. 14, 2014
Medical (Autopsy)
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
This incident report, written in both English and Arabic, details the death of Iraqi detainee Manadel Al-Jamadi on November 4, 2003 after being interrogated at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. This report is contained within the full-length CID ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Interview (Statement)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
This incident report, written in both English and Arabic, details the death of Iraqi detainee Manadel Al-Jamadi on November 4, 2003 after being interrogated at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. This report is contained within the full-length CID ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Interview (Statement)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling