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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
July 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3230
FBI Memo to U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division re: On 07/27/2004, members of U.S. Army Criminal Investigative were referred a case involving the alleged rape of juvenile male detainee Ghraib Prison, Abu Ghraib, Irag
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, Sexual
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3244
Memo includes investigations into allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq, but since there is no FBI jurisdiction in the matter, the information was to be turned over to DOD for appropriate action; Impersonation (Afghanistan torture case) - This ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Investigative File
Michael P. Sullivan
Robert A. Spencer, Michael P. Sullivan, Alex J. Turner
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity, Other
July 02, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3265
The interviewed detainee discusses traveling/moving to different areas refers in Afghanistan. States that he lied during previous interviews, due to inadequate medical attention and fear. Complains/alleges that he did not receive adequate medical ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview
Other
| ACLU-RDI
Feb. 18, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 510

Executive Summary of NCIS Report of investigation regarding alleged assault of one or more Enemy Prisoners of War (EPW) by U.S. Navy employee in Iraq. Alleged abuse first reported in counseling session in early October 2003 at Naval Hospital ...

Nov. 23, 2004
Investigative File (NCIS)
Physical assault, General
June 23, 2003 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 524

NCIS Report of investigation initiated on June 13, 2003 following notification from officers at Camp Pendleton that, on the morning of June 13, a member of a unit “reported that on the previous evening (12 Jun 03) at a unit party, a ...

Nov. 23, 2004
Investigative File (NCIS)
Physical assault, General
July 09, 2003 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 529

NCIS Report of investigation commenced on June 13, 2003 after officer at Camp Pendleton contacted an NCIS Special Agent to make a statement regarding alleged war crimes committed by a marine, who “was overheard bragging about stabbing ...

Nov. 23, 2004
Investigative File (NCIS)
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Physical assault, General
June 05, 2003 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 530

NCIS Report of investigation commenced on March 31, 2003 after receipt of report that Mr. El Gashame, an Iraqi detainee, had been shot and killed on March 29, 2003. Mr. El Gashame was “a suspected Fedayeen member” (based on a ...

Nov. 23, 2004
Investigative File (NCIS)
Hemdan Haby Heshfan El Gashame
Physical assault, General
May 13, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 533

This NCIS memo summarizes six (6) separate investigations and one preliminary inquiry regarding the death or alleged mistreatment of enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs). Portions of the report are redacted in full, but the portions that are ...

Nov. 23, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (NCIS)
Farhad Mohamed, Manadel Al-Jamadi, Hemdan Haby Heshfan El Gashame, Naeem Sadun Hatab
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, General, Other
May 26, 2004 | NCIS | ACLU-RDI 550
The Division Chief of the Personal Crimes Department at NCIS requests information regarding a detainee death of which the Division Chief was previously unaware. The email provides a summary of an incident in which a detainee "died of unknown ...