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 (931)

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Feb. 10, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 77

A report of an investigation into the cruelty, maltreatment, and aggravated assault of 44 Enemy Prisoners of War by ten U.S. soldiers (320th Military Police Battalion) who were escorting the prisoners to Camp Bucca, Um Qasr, Iraq. The ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott, John Peterson
ISN 300120, ISN 107324, ISN 286873, ISN 286872, ISN 286876, ISN 286875, ISN 286874, ISN 286879, ISN 286877, ISN 286871, ISN 286880, ISN 203752, ISN 333891, ISN 380299, ISN 430902, ISN 430901, ISN 365855, ISN 203755, ISN 203751, ISN 203754, ISN 203756, ISN 333733, ISN 057391, ISN 057381, ISN 057379, ISN 333881, ISN 367695, ISN 333885, ISN 333880, ISN 333886, ISN 333884, ISN 333887, ISN 333879, ISN 286878, ISN 203753, ISN 333732, ISN 333883, ISN 365856, ISN 380242, ISN 333731, ISN 333878, ISN 333882, ISN 159100, ISN 333736, ISN 333734, ISN 333735
Physical assault, General
June 22, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 80
Report of investigation into accusations of cruelty and maltreatment of an 18-year-old Iraqi civilian during an interrogation at an unknown detention facility in Baghdad, Iraq. The report was unable to make any conclusions about the truth of the ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Aug. 27, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 81
Report of investigation into alleged abuse of a detainee between January 2 and October 2, 2002 at Bagram Airfield. The victim suffered aggravated assault (beating). Efforts were made between May 17 and July 7, 2004 to interview the victim, who ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Doris Lama, Jacqueline J. Scott
Physical assault, General
Jan. 27, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 120

Investigation into charges against 7 soldiers for abusing an unknown Iraqi detainee, shooting at seized vehicles, and/or maintaining possession of weapons seized in Baghdad. A specialist testified that an Iraqi man was handed over to U.S. ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott
Physical assault, General
June 29, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 121

Investigation into possible abuse in Tikrit, Iraq. A detainee alleged that he had been slapped in the face by an Iraqi interpreter during an interrogation and said that he had been held in a cramped cell with loud music, not allowed food, ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, General, Cramped confinement, Dietary manipulation, Light or sound, Environmental manipulation
July 15, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 124

Investigation into a recordable compact disc containing images of suspected detainee abuse in in Afghanistan between January 11 and January 19, 2004. The images on the CD depicted U.S. soldiers holding weapons on hooded and bound local ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, Threat, Assault/death, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
July 14, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 126
Investigation into a solider accused of maltreatment of a prisoner and assault when he struck a detainee during an interrogation at Camp Bucca, Iraq. Soldier was reprimanded, received a reduction in rank, and pay was taken away.
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault
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
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
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