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This is the home page for the Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.
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Events Recently Added to the Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere timeline
- 8/15
- Justice Department: CIA, Military Interrogation Techniques Amount to ‘Borderline Torture’, May 20, 2008, posted by blackmax
- 6/18
- Detainee Left in Cold Room, Shackled and Naked, December 2002, posted by KJF
- 6/18
- Abu Zubaida Subjected to One More Waterboarding Session at Insistence of CIA Headquarters, Late August 2002, posted by KJF
- 6/6
- Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos, April 16, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 5/19
- Response to Announcement of Preliminary Torture Probe Mixed, August 24, 2009, posted by KJF
More Timeline entries sorted by the month they were published
What's New?
8/28/2009 Several Categories Deleted from Detainee Timeline
The Detainee Timeline has undergone a minor reorganization, which is explained at the contributors’ blog, here.
8/10/2009 DOJ Memos, Levin Report, Other Material Forthcoming
This project continues to be very active. Blackmax has scores of entries ready to be published in the upcoming weeks, including the April 2009 release of four key Bush-era Justice Department memos, the April 2009 Senate Armed Services Committee report, and revelations about the treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. However, a great deal of work remains to be done. … More
6/25/2008 New Material Being Added
Recent revelations about “ghost detainees,” US Naval “floating prison” ships, the Supreme Court rulings on US detainees at Guantanamo, and other material is being added, including details from Phillipe Sands’s new book, Torture Team. You are invited to join in documenting this ever-developing story. |
Recently Added Events
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- Justice Department: CIA, Military Interrogation Techniques Amount to ‘Borderline Torture’, May 20, 2008, posted by blackmax
- 6/18
- Detainee Left in Cold Room, Shackled and Naked, December 2002, posted by KJF
- 6/18
- Abu Zubaida Subjected to One More Waterboarding Session at Insistence of CIA Headquarters, Late August 2002, posted by KJF
- 6/6
- Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos, April 16, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 5/19
- Response to Announcement of Preliminary Torture Probe Mixed, August 24, 2009, posted by KJF
- 5/17
- OLC Chief Details Torture Techniques at CIA Request, August 1, 2002, posted by blackmax
- 5/15
- Obama Administration Releases 2004 CIA Report on Torture, August 24, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 5/12
- Zubaida’s Torture Provided No Useful Information, Senior Government Officials Say, March 29, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 5/12
- Justice Department Considers Releasing Internal Report Critical of Bush-Era Lawyers, February 14, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 4/17
- Blogger Comes Up with Footnote Showing 2005 Memo Proves Interrogators Exceeded Guidelines on Waterboarding, April 16, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 3/30
- Justice Department Argues for Release of Torture Memos; Current and Former CIA Officials Object, March 18, 2009 and After, posted by blackmax
- 3/27
- ’Potentially Injurious’ Stress Positions Used on Al-Qaeda Leader, (December 2002), posted by KJF
- 3/27
- CIA Report Says KSM Claims Moussaoui Not for 9/11, but Second Wave of Attacks, July 2, 2003, posted by KJF
- 3/26
- MSNBC Runs Misleading Story about Waterboarding, September 13, 2007, posted by KJF
- 3/26
- CIA Detainee Reportedly Provides Agency with First Intelligence about Al-Qaeda Operative Involved in 9/11 Plot, After March 1, 2003, posted by KJF
- 3/26
- CIA Official Threatens Al-Nashiri’s Mother, Family, Late December 2002 or Early January 2003, posted by KJF
- 3/26
- CIA Report Says KSM Again Claims Moussaoui Not for 9/11, but Second Wave, September 11, 2003, posted by KJF
- 3/26
- CIA Inspector General Begins Investigation of Agency’s Detainee and Interrogation Practices, January 2003, posted by KJF
- 3/15
- Doctors, Medical Ethicists Horrified at News of Medical Professionals’ Participation in Torture, April 18, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 3/13
- Newly Arrived CIA Officers Report Use of Unauthorized Techniques to Headquarters, January 2003, posted by KJF
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Recently Updated Events
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- CIA Inspector General’s Report Concludes CIA Interrogation Techniques Likely Violate Treaty against Torture; Cheney Prevents Report from Being Completed, May 7, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 4/16
- Attorney General Names Special Prosecutor to Investigate Allegations of CIA Torture, August 24, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 3/25
- Senate Committee Releases Report Documenting Bush Administration Torture Decisions, April 21, 2009, posted by blackmax
- 3/12
- Hambali Tortured in Secret CIA Prison, Shortly After August 12, 2003, posted by KJF
- 3/9
- CIA Kidnaps Own Informer in Broad Daylight in Italy, Damaging Italian Al-Qaeda Investigation, Noon February 17, 2003, posted by KJF
- 12/16
- Kidnapped Imam Temporarily Released in Egypt, Claims He Has Been Tortured, April-May 2004, posted by KJF
- 12/15
- CIA Officers Argue over Rendition of Italy-Based Imam, Before February 17, 2003, posted by KJF
- 11/30
- Afghan Prisoner Dies in CIA Custody, November 2002, posted by KJF
- 11/30
- Former Afghan Training Camp Manager Allegedly Commits Suicide in Libyan Jail, (May 10, 2009), posted by KJF
- 10/6
- CIA Director Goss Resigns amid Scandal; Replaced by Former NSA Director Michael Hayden, May 5, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 9/29
- Pentagon Refuses to Adopt Proposal Directing Military to Observe Geneva Convention Article, Late 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/29
- Padilla Indicted for Lesser Crimes, Not on ‘Dirty Bomb’ Allegations, November 22, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/21
- Bush Accepts Watered-Down Detainee Treatment Act, December 15, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/21
- Porter Goss Sworn in as New CIA Director, September 24, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- New York Appeals Court Orders Government to Release Padilla within 30 Days, December 18, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- US Official Says Court Must Trust US on Issue of Detainee Treatment, April 28, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- Guantanamo Commander Visits Abu Ghraib to Consider How Interrogations Can Be Improved, August 31, 2003-September 9, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- Rumsfeld Approves New ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Methods, April 16, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 8/14
- CIA Counterintelligence Manual Warns that Torture Produces Unreliable Information, July 1963, posted by blackmax
- 8/7
- CNN Military Analyst Admits to Drinking ‘Government Kool-Aid’ as Part of Propaganda Operation, June 25, 2005, posted by blackmax
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This project intends to document cases of human rights abuses committed by US intelligence and the military against detainees. It also looks at the top-level policies which have promoted such abuses, both directly and indirectly.
The project currently consists of one main timeline, comprised of roughly 150 entries. The events summarized in the timeline are divided into five categories: Rendition of US captives to foreign countries; cases of torture, abuse and other human rights violations; attempts to conceal or cover up illegal US interrogation methods and other prisoner abuses; cases of prisoner deaths, murders and executions; and high-level complicity.
Anyone interested in submitting or editing an entry for this timeline should use the temporary submit form.
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