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 24, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2963

Detainee was interviewed on April 1, 2002 regarding the Qala-i-Jangi prison uprising, Nov. 25 - Dec. 1, 2001. He states that an explosion happened in the prision basement, maybe from a grenade, where he and many other prisoners were kept. He ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General
June 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3161
Email appears to be personal email to FBI personnel from an unknown sender. Subject: "hello, FBI-Guy" and "the letter". Contents redacted except for "I'll be in at 10:30 Friday morning. I'll check around to see if you're still here at that time."
June 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3189
Email details an agent's orientation, notes, meetings and briefings upon arriving at Guantanamo, including touring Camp Delta and Camp IV. Document mostly redacted.
June 02, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3269
Memo from CIRG NCAVC/Behavioral Analysis Unit-East to Counter terrorism- Miami. The Memo discusses/summarizes an SSA's contribution to interviews conducted while temporarily assigned to Guantanamo. Contributions included, interview strategies and ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle
| ACLU-RDI
June 23, 2003 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 524

NCIS Report of investigation initiated on June 13, 2003 following notification from officers at Camp Pendleton that, on the morning of June 13, a member of a unit “reported that on the previous evening (12 Jun 03) at a unit party, a ...

Nov. 23, 2004
Investigative File (NCIS)
Physical assault, General
June 05, 2003 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 530

NCIS Report of investigation commenced on March 31, 2003 after receipt of report that Mr. El Gashame, an Iraqi detainee, had been shot and killed on March 29, 2003. Mr. El Gashame was “a suspected Fedayeen member” (based on a ...

Nov. 23, 2004
Investigative File (NCIS)
Hemdan Haby Heshfan El Gashame
Physical assault, General
June 24, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 129
Investigation into the death of Yasiree Ahmes Al-Haddii, an enemy prisoner of war at Camp Bucca, Um Qasr, Iraq. Yasiree was found to have committed the offenses of attempted murder, rioting, and aggravated assault prior to his death. Two U.S. ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
Ahmes Al-Haddii Yasiree
June 30, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 131

Investigation into accusations that U.S. soldiers stole more than $40,000 from an Iraqi citizen. Investigation did not develop sufficient evidence to prove or disprove allegations. Investigation terminated.

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Other
June 12, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 214
This is the report from the investigating Officer in to a riot and the shootings, non-lethal, of five (5) detainees at Camp Cropper, Iraq on June 9, 2003. On June 9, 2003 a Specialist entered the detainee portion of Camp Cropper to retrieve a ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement)
Paul Hill
Paul Hill, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General