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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An Iraqi national, 56-year-old male, died while in custody at FOB Ironhorse on August 13, 2003 due to cardiopulmonary arrest; no autopsy was performed; no foul play or abuse suspected. Detainee had been ill and received medical attention. The ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Investigative File
Raymond T. Odierno
A detainee was not properly medically screened and died as a result of a non-diagnosed medical condition. These are recommendations about screening of detainees.
Form for AR 15-6 proceedings form referencing an investigation at FOB Raider, Tikrit, Iraq on September 12, 2003.
Lists Chapter 10s and Article 15s from Ft. Hood and Ft. Carson. The soldiers names have been redacted.
AR 15-6 report Record of investigation. Medic at FOB Ironhorse failed to recognize seriousness of the detainee's condition. These are recommendations about screening of detainees.
Nov. 30, 2005
Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Raymond Odierno
Raymond T. Odierno
On the morning of February 8, 2004 a detainee was found breathless and pulseless in his cell. The detainee had been brought in to FOB Ironhorse four (4) days earlier complaining of weakness and had two (2) episodes of fainting. He was so weak ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Other
This memo issueing a reprimand for Obstruction of Justice is issued to a Major for his wrongfully impeding criminal investigation into drowning death of an Iraqi citizen in an incident know as the Tigris River Incident, Samarra, Iraq, January 3, ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (CID)
Raymond Odierno
Raymond T. Odierno
Article 15 Investigation proceeding wherein two (2) charges of abusing detainees was established against an enlisted (E3) person. The charges were: 1) On Nov. 22, 2003 the E3 stuck a detainee on the head with his hand; and 2) On Nov. 22, 2003 the ...
Memorandum of Counseling for the Lieutenant Colonel who commanded the soldiers who participated in the actions that led to the death by drowning of Mr. Fadhil in the Tigris River on January 3, 2004, and the cover-up that took place after his ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Odierno
Raymond T. Odierno
Acknowledgment of receipt of Counseling Memorandum issued to and received by a Lieutenant Colonel counseling him for his participation in covering up the abuse and death of Iraqi civilians in an incident known as the Tigris River Incident, ...