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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Aug. 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6229
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an NCIS investigation into allegations made by a detainee of physical abuse after his capture as well as the FBI's possible involvement in the abuse.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle
Jan. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6312
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the legitimacy of allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghurayb Prison and the FBI's potential involvement in the Criminal Investigative Division (CID) investigation of these allegations.
June 15, 2011
Email
Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Thomas J. Harrington, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Ricardo Sanchez
May 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6313
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding potential examinations of the FBI's role and involvement in detainee abuses alleged at Abu Ghurayb Prison.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle
Sept. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6318
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding a mission overview of the FBI's operations in Afghanistan. The memorandum also includes information on detainee interviews, specialized military operations support, and training provision for ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Willie T. Hulon, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Frankie Battle
Nov. 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6360
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the mission overview of the FBI-Afghanistan Detachment based on the CTD Afghanistan Assessment Team (AAT) findings. The memorandum also includes information on detainee interviews and support ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
John S. Pistole, J. Stephen Tidwell, Frankie Battle, Gary M. Bald, Willie T. Hulon, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II
Oct. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6361
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding a request to establish a pre-deployment training program for FBI personnel who deploy to Afghanistan. The memorandum includes a cost analysis as well as a preliminary draft syllabus.
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Willie T. Hulon, Arthur M. Cummings, II
July 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4970
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. While touring through ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
Jan. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3486
Email describes Abu Ghraib Prison and the challenges in running it. Ed Lueckenhoff states that he met with AUSAs Dana Biehl and Bruce Pagel who toured the prison. Pagel advised Lueckenhoff that he was aware of the allegations of abuse at the ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Edward H. Lueckenhoff
Gary M. Bald | M. Chris Briese | Frankie Battle | Thomas J. Harrington
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Ricardo Sanchez, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Robert S. Mueller, Valerie E. Caproni
Apr. 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3509
Emails discussed possible abuse in Abu Grarib prison. M.C. Briese stated he did not witness any mistreatment, however, stated Abu Graib was understaffed. Also, referred Caproni to CJIS and HRT management, explaining those offices spent a great ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
M. Chris Briese
Valerie E. Caproni
M. Chris Briese, Chris Swecker, Valerie E. Caproni, Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Robert S. Mueller
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3510
Email is redacted, except sentence that states conducting a physical search of control files.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Thomas J. Harrington | Valerie E. Caproni | Gary M. Bald | John S. Pistole | Frankie Battle | Arthur M. Cummings, II
Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Gary M. Bald, John S. Pistole, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II