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 DOJ Letter from Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York to Alexander Abdo of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) responds to the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of October 16, 2009.
Jan. 14, 2011
Letter, Other
Preet Bharara
Alexander Abdo
Preet Bharara, Tara M. LaMorte
This is a CID investigation into the death of Talib Umar Muhyi, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF), who died on March 15, 2006. Mr. Muhyi had gone to the camp hospital several times and complained of heath issues, but ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Talib Umar Muhyi
This is a CID investigation into the death of Adnan Naif Hamid, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Taji, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Hamid was admitted to the TIF on May 7th and underwent medical screening. At the medical ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate, Physical (non-death)), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Adnan Naif Hamid
This is a CID investigation into the death of Muhammed Abd Frayh Al-Saaida, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq on July 29, 2009. It is reported that Mr. Al-Saaida was witnessed to be having a medical ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Muhammed Abd Frayh Al-Saaida
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Mahmud Al Juburi Fallah Ismail. It is reported that Mr. Fallah Ismail was shot while being taken in to custody. The Report states that Mr. Fallah Ismail broke loose from his restraints and ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Mahmud Al Juburi Fallah Ismail
Physical assault
This is a CID investigation into the reported unlawful killing of two (2) unknown Iraqi civilians. This Investigation was initiated upon a tip made by a family member of a soldier. The family member claimed that the soldier unlawfully killed two ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault
An autopsy report for Muhammad A. Al-Saaida, a 44-year-old detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Al-Saaida was witnessed to be having a medical emergency in his housing unit, ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy)
Muhammed Abd Frayh Al-Saaida
A CID investigation into the conduct of 21 soldiers involved in murdering four Iraqi detainees, including charges of Murder, Conspiracy, Failure to Report, False Official Statement, and Obstruction of Justice. Three soldiers "committed the ...
This is the Autopsy report & Death certificate for Adnan Naif Hamid, a 43-year-old detainee at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Taji, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Hamid was admitted to the TIF and underwent medical screening. At the ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Adnan Naif Hamid
This is the Autopsy Report & Death Certificate for Muhammad Ahmad A.S. Al Hanashi, a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. It is reported that Mr. Al Hanashi was found in his cell at the Behavior Health Unit (BHU) with a ligature ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Muhammad Ahmad A.S. Al Hanashi