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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Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4840
This document is the standard Army form used when apprehending a prisoner. This form is completed and pertains to the apprehension of an Iraqi who was caught firing upon U.S./Coalition forces from his home and roof along with his two (2) sons in ...
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4841
Statement of a Captain, with Alpha Company, 588th Engineer Battalion, discussing the capture of an Iraqi target and his two sons. The target was suspected of among other offenses, selling stolen weapons. The Captain stated that after their ...
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4842
Coalition Provisional Authority Forces Apprehension Form is a standard form that officials complete after the apprehension of a detainee. Form fields include, detainee name, location, time of incident, etc.
Nov. 22, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4843
Statements of Army officials with the 588th Engineer Battalion discussing the capture of an Iraqi target and his two sons. The target was suspected of among other offenses, selling stolen weapons. The Captain stated that after their capture, the ...
Nov. 20, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4844
Record of capture documents, including a detainee intake sheet, which has a photo [redacted] of a detainee, along with his DOB and the reason for his detention. The detainee was about twenty five years old at the time he was captured, he was ...
Nov. 16, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4845
Coalition Provisional Authority Forces Apprehension Form is a form that officials complete after the apprehension of a detainee. Form fields include, detainee name, location, time of incident, etc.
Nov. 16, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4846
The sworn statements of a Sergeant First Class and a Captain discussing the capture of four Iraqi targets. At least one target shot at the U.S. soldiers when the soldiers raided their home.
Nov. 16, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4847
Coalition Provisional Authority Forces Apprehension Form is a standard form that officials complete after the apprehension of a detainee. Form fields include, detainee name, location, time of incident, etc.
Nov. 16, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4848
The sworn statements of a Sergeant First Class and a Captain discussing the capture of four Iraqi targets. At least one target shot at the U.S. soldiers when the soldiers raided their home.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 4849
Locations visited by an investigating officer from November 2003 to December 2003. [Document is likely related to an AR 15-6 investigation, but the report is not known].