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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This is a CID investigation into the death of Abdullah Fawzzi, a detainee at the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH), Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq on January 30, 2005. Mr. Fawzzi was initially a patient of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Abdulla Fawzzi
Physical assault
A CID investigation into the death of an Afghani civilian, Haji Sher Mohammad. Mr. Mohammad was being held in custody at FOB Salerno, Khowst, Afghanistan when he complained about being bitten by either a snake or a bee while in his cell. Mr. ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Haji Sher Mohammad
Other
A CID prosecution of a Sergeant First Class (SFC) for the murder of Iraqi civilian, Salih Taher Khaleefa, and the maltreatment of an unidentified Iraqi juvenile. The investigation found that the SFC "shot and killed Mr. Khaleefa without ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Salih Taher Khaleefa
Physical assault, General, Face slap or insult slap, Threat, Assault/death, Other Humiliation
This commander's report is in reference to CID number: 0058-04-CID939-82650. There is a recommendation for no action to be taken. There are no specifics on the charges or other information to identify the matter.
This commander's report is in reference to CID number: 0058-04-CID939-82650. Judicial Finding: Not guilty. There are no specifics on the charges or other information to identify the matter.
Detainee allegation of abuse at the hands of his fellow detainees. The detainee claimed that he had been beaten by fellow detainees and had had urine thrown on him. No evidence was found to substantiate the claim.
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Jay W. Hood
Jay W. Hood
This memo is a report of a finding concerning a detainee's allegation that fellow detainees are beating and threatening to kill him has no substantiation, and that none of them considered him a spy. The report concluded that there was no evidence ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File
Jay W. Hood
Jay W. Hood
Sworn statement of a Captain with the 372nd Military Police Company. The Captain states "I was shocked when I noticed that the detainees in Wing 1 were naked. There was one with women's underwear. . . . " Was told the nudity of detainees and ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Sworn statement of an Army Specialist intelligence analyst assigned to Abu Ghraib prison as a member of the Tiger Team of Interrogators. He stated that he did not conduct interviews initially and was very aware of the Rules of Engagement ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
An interview of a Sergeant, mail clerk, assigned to Abu Ghraib from October 20, 2003 until February 5, 2004. The SGT stated that he was assigned as the unit mail clerk. Was not aware of any abuse or humiliation of detainees. Only recalled an MP ...
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