| |
| | Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere Open-Content investigative project managed by Derek, KJF, mtuck
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.
Project Home Project Home Recently Added Events Recently Added Events Recently Updated Events Recently Updated Events About This Project About This Project
Timelines
|
Events Recently Added to the Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere timeline
- 6/23
- CIA Releases Redacted Statements from Guantanamo Detainees Alleging Torture, June 15, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 6/16
- Fox Business Channel Viewers List People They Want Waterboarded, Include Obama, Progressive Talk Show Hosts, May 4, 2011, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Cheney: Bush Knew of Torture Program, May 10, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Former Kennedy Official Criticizes Lawyers for Allowing Torture under Bush, May 9, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Experts Find ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Justification of Torture Fallacious, May 5, 2009, posted by mtuck
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
Showing 1-20 of 100 recently added events: next 20 - 6/23
- CIA Releases Redacted Statements from Guantanamo Detainees Alleging Torture, June 15, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 6/16
- Fox Business Channel Viewers List People They Want Waterboarded, Include Obama, Progressive Talk Show Hosts, May 4, 2011, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Cheney: Bush Knew of Torture Program, May 10, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Former Kennedy Official Criticizes Lawyers for Allowing Torture under Bush, May 9, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Experts Find ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Justification of Torture Fallacious, May 5, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Accused Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agent Pleads Guilty to Supporting Terrorism, April 30, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Law Professor: Bush Knew No ‘Good Faith Defense’ Can Justify Torture, April 28, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Former OLC Head Defends Work on Torture Memos as ‘Good Faith Analysis’ of Law, April 28, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/24
- Former Milosevic Prosecutor: Bush Officials Must Be Investigated for Torture, April 27, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/22
- Former SERE Chief: Techniques to ‘Break’ Prisoners Not Useful for Extracting Information, August 12, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/22
- Military Psychologist Says Use of Torture Ethically Necessary, May 4, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 5/20
- Columnist: Torture Supporters ‘Want to See Our Enemies Suffer’, April 27, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 11/17
- Journalist: Democrats Should Follow Bush’s Insistence that Torturers Would Be Prosecuted, April 27, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 10/29
- New Evidence Connects CIA Secret Prison in Poland to Agency’s ‘Torture Taxi’, April 27, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 10/29
- Guantanamo Detainee Alleges Torture Months before August 2002 Authorizations, April 21, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 10/24
- Senate Intelligence Committee Report Shows Cheney, Rice Authorized Torture, April 21, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 10/22
- Justice Department Refuses to Recommend Sanctions against Bush Administration Officials Responsible for Authorizing Torture, February 2010, posted by mtuck
- 10/22
- Fourth Grader Quizzes Rice on Bush Administration’s Use of Torture, May 3, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 10/22
- Former White House Counsel: Rice May Have Admitted to Criminal Conspiracy over Bush Torture Policies, April 30, 2009, posted by mtuck
- 10/22
- Appeals Court Rejects ‘State Secrets’ Argument in Torture Lawsuit, April 28, 2009, posted by mtuck
Showing 1-20 of 100 recently added events: next 20
Recently Updated Events
Showing 1-20 of 100 recently updated events: next 20 - 2/6
- CIA Director Goss Resigns amid Scandal; Replaced by Former NSA Director Michael Hayden, May 5, 2006, posted by mtuck
- 12/5
- George W. Bush Inaugurated as President, January 21, 2001, posted by mtuck
- 10/31
- CIA Officer Responsible for Wrongful Rendition Promoted to ‘Top Post’, After May 29, 2004, posted by KJF
- 8/12
- Human Rights Groups Allege Dozens of Prisoners Have Disappeared into Secret US Prisons, June 7, 2007, posted by Paul
- 8/11
- Al-Qaeda Leader Ghul Captured in Iraq; He Becomes ‘Ghost’ Prisoner, January 23, 2004, posted by Paul
- 8/10
- CIA Interrogation of Al-Qaeda Leader Ghul Helps Search for Bin Laden’s Trusted Courier Ahmed, Shortly After January 23, 2004, posted by Paul
- 8/8
- Later Defender of Waterboarding Joins CIA, 1990, posted by JMG
- 8/5
- KSM Reportedly Arrested in Pakistan, but Doubts on Circumstances Persist, February 29 or March 1, 2003, posted by Paul
- 7/31
- Al-Qaeda’s Alleged Number Three Leader Al-Libbi Is Captured; Some Suggest His Importance Is Overhyped, May 2, 2005, posted by Paul
- 7/27
- Reports Claims Al-Qaeda Leader Swedan Arrested in Pakistan; Reports Apparently False, July 11, 2002, posted by Paul
- 7/23
- Former Afghan Training Camp Manager Al-Libi Allegedly Commits Suicide in Libyan Jail, (May 10, 2009), posted by Paul
- 7/16
- Cabinet-Level Bush Officials Frequently Discuss and Approve Specific ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Techniques, April 2002 and After, posted by mtuck
- 7/4
- CIA Psychologist Opposed to Torture Techniques Planned for Zubaida Leaves in Disgust, Between Mid-April and Mid-May 2002, posted by mtuck
- 3/2
- CIA Officer in Charge of Salt Pit Black Site Requests Guidance on Handling Detainees, Requests Are Ignored, November 2002, posted by KJF
- 2/19
- Reporter Says CIA Officer Who Caused Prisoner to Freeze to Death Still Employed by Agency, March 31, 2010, posted by KJF
- 12/19
- CIA Destroys Videotapes of Detainees’ Interrogations without Advance Notification, November 2005, posted by KJF
- 12/19
- Station Chief Asks for Permission to Destroy CIA Tapes, November 2005, posted by KJF
- 11/14
- 23 US Officials Found Guilty over ‘Italian Job’ Rendition, November 4, 2009, posted by KJF
- 10/27
- CIA Inspector General Learns of Agency Detention and Interrogation Program, Shortly After November 20, 2002, posted by KJF
- 10/24
- CIA Refers Detainee Death to Justice Department for Examination; Department Decides Not to Prosecute, (August 2004), posted by KJF
Showing 1-20 of 100 recently updated events: next 20
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.
| |
