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 Article 32 Proceeding pertains to charges brought against four (4) soldiers for causing the drowning deaths of two (2) Iraqis in the Tigris River outside Samarra, Iraq on January 3, 2004 by forcing them in to the river. The soldiers were ...
July 01, 2005
UCMJ (Article 32)
Physical assault
Circumstances of death are described as "died in US custody approximately 72 hours after being apprehended...physical force was required during his initial apprehension during a raid. During his confinement, he was hooded, sleep deprived, and ...
Male Iraqi National, 75, collapsed and died during transport to a facility hospital. Circumstances of death: The detainee at the Central Baghdad Detainee Facility (Abu Ghraib) on 11 May 2004 he reportedly abruptly collapsed and became ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Autopsy)
Hussein Abdullah Awad Al-Juwadi
Detainee Abduhl Kaddim Altia died while at Abu Ghraib prison. The circumstances of death: Died while in US custody in Abu Ghraib prison. Detainee complained of chest pain to his son and then collapsed." Iraqi male, 64 years old (1940 DOB listed), ...
June 16, 2005
Medical (Autopsy)
Abduhl Kaddim Altia
Emails between Gary Bald, Valerie Caproni, Edward Lueckenhoff and Others concerning a report that a detainee walked in to Temporary Holding Facility in Iraq, called 6-26 (TH 6-26), with burn marks upon him. The detainee stated he had been ...
Memo is concerning a potential cases of: 1) detainee abuse involving the rape of an un-named detainee; and 2) Bribes being paid to an un-named person in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Alex J. Turner
Sexual, Physical assault
Edward H. Lueckenhoff's email detailes the problems at Abu Ghurayb prison and that he met with AUSAs Dana Biehl and Bruce Pagel who visited the prison. He states that AUSA Pagel advised that he [Pagel] was aware of the allegations of abuse at the ...
Memo discusses the FBI's objections and concerns regarding the military's interrogation tactics in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and Iraq. The memo states that in late 2002 and continuing into mid-2003, the Behavioral Analysis Unit raised concerns ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Christopher A. Wray
SERE, Physical assault, General
Investigator's report finds that the accusations of abuse on July 11-12 2003 (the investigative report lists the date as July 29, 2003. However, the sworn statement of the soldiers clearly shows the events took place late July 11, or the early ...
Appointment of investigating officer for allegations of detainee mistreatment during Operation Thunder Payback at Ramadi Palace, Iraq – July 11-12, 2003. The appointment letter incorrectly states the date of the operation and events as July 29, ...