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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Mar. 20, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1773
This Article 15 Proceeding concerns an incident at the Tigris River Bridge in: Samarra, Iraq, January 3, 2004. The charges against the Major are for impeding the investigation in to the matter by wrongfully attempting to influence soldiers to ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Article 15)
Raymond T. Odierno
Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil
Physical assault, General
May 13, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1769
This Article 15 Proceeding concerns an incident at the Tigris River Bridge in: Samarra, Iraq, January 3, 2004. The charges against the Lieutenant Colonel are for impeding the investigation in to the matter by wrongfully attempting to influence ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Article 15)
Raymond Odierno
Raymond T. Odierno
Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil
Physical assault, General, Other
DOA | ACLU-RDI 1770
Army Memo re: Tigris River Incident Reprimand for Obstruction of Justice. A Lieutenant Colonel is reprimanded for wrongfully endeavoring to impede an investigation into the drowning death of an Iraqi civilian. The LTC ordered others to deny that ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Odierno
Raymond T. Odierno
Physical assault, General, Other
Feb. 05, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1766

Army Provost Marshal Compliance Inspection Report: Brigade Central Collection Point (BCCP) Compliance Inspection February 2004

DOA | ACLU-RDI 1767
Army Detainee Processing Worksheet: 4th Infantry Division Detainee Disposition Worksheet
May 12, 2004 | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1768
This report by the Staff Judge Advocates Office centers on allegations of detainee abuse of Iraqis in the custody of the 4th Infantry Division; Taskforce Ironhorse; FOB Packhorse detention facility. The report synopsizes twelve (12) cases of ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Investigative File
Edward L. Richmond
Hassan Ekab Ahmed, Muhamad Husain Kadir, Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil
Physical assault, Stomach/abdominal slap, General, Assault/death, Other, Threat
Nov. 03, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1764
Army Provost Marshal Compliance Inspection Report: Brigade Central Collection Point (BCCP) Compliance Inspection November 2003.
Jan. 21, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1765
Army Provost Marshal Compliance Inspection Report: Brigade Central Collection Point (BCCP) Compliance Inspection January 2004.
Nov. 04, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1762
Investigation based on civilian contractor's allegation that he witnessed U.S. Marines abusing Iraqi detainees. In a sworn statement the contractor says he saw Marines place bags over an Iraqi prisoners' heads and strike him in the head with a ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, Attention grasp, General, Threat, Assault/death, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Oct. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1763
Army Provost Marshal Compliance Inspection Report: Brigade Central Collection Point (BCCP) Compliance Inspection.