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 (1021)

This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Abed Mohamed Najem, a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The Report states that Mr. Abed Mohamed Najem was in a detainee collection area when he complained of chest pains, then ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Abed Mohammed Najem
Record documenting the capture of Abu Ali, senior member of the Abu Abdullah Terrorist Group, Manadal Al-Jumadi, Abu Abdullah, Abu Abdullah group cell leader, and "one unknown male, Ivo Mahmudiyah". Abu Ali was detained by Naval Special Warfare ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Other
Abu Ali, Manadel Al-Jamadi
Letter from the Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command to John L. Helgerson, CIA Inspector General requesting assistance in investigating the death of Abed Hamed Mowhoush. Specifically, the letter requests "assistance in ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Letter
John L. Helgerson
John L. Helgerson
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
CIA Copy of the Preliminary autopsy report of Manadel Al-Jamadi who died while detained at Abu Ghraib Prison. This document is also attached to the CID Report (Death): 0237-03-CID259-61219 released by the DOD. This version contains different ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Medical (Autopsy)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Partially redacted log reporting activities and incidents during prison shifts in November 2003. Based on the date range recorded, this log may relate to the death of Manadel Al-Jamadi.
Jan. 14, 2014
Other
Manadel Al-Jamadi
This memo describes the standard operating procedures for the Tiger Base Detention Center in Iraq. The memo outlines instructions for bringing detainees to the base, guard force responsibilities, the detention center battle rhythm, and personnel ...
This DOD memorandum establishes the interrogation and counter-resistance policy for security internees under the control of CJTF-7. The memo outlines various interrogation approaches when dealing with security internees.
Jan. 14, 2014
Non-legal Memo
Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sanchez
Isolation
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 ...
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
Memo from CJTF-20 reviewing U.S. detention facilities in Iraq. The overview covers the population and capacity of the facilities, future plans, major concerns, medical issues, a detainee processing summary, and challenges to the facilities.