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 (4)

RelevanceDateRelease Date
Aug. 02, 2006 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5876
This is a Memo from John Helgerson, Inspector General (IG) to Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). The Memo states that the contents is a Final Report.
Non-legal Memo
John L. Helgerson
John L. Helgerson
Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi
Oct. 12, 2006 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5881
This is a CIA Routing Slip. The confirm and document the fact that specific individuals within Congress and the Intelligence community have received the OIG report concerning the death of Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi.
Non-legal Memo, Other
John L. Helgerson
Pat Roberts | John D. Rockefeller, IV
John L. Helgerson, Pat Roberts, John D. Rockefeller, IV
Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi
May 01, 2006 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5882
This memo concerns the additional comments by Assistant United States Attorney James P. Gillis, Easter District of Virgina, re: Death of Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi.
Non-legal Memo
James P. Gillis
James P. Gillis
Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi
Aug. 01, 2006 | CIA-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5875
This is a Memo from John Helgerson, the CIA Inspector General (IG) to the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). The memo is intended to inform the DCIs that the OIG has completed an investigation regarding the death of Iraqi detainee Abid Hamad ...
Non-legal Memo
John L. Helgerson
John L. Helgerson
Abid Hamad Mahawish Al-Mahalawi