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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June 02, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6249
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to the conduct of operations by FBI employees in overseas ...
June 15, 2011
Other
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington
June 02, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6261
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to the conduct of operations by FBI employees in overseas ...
June 01, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6266
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to the conduct of operations by FBI employees in overseas ...
Mar. 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6296
The document is an internal FBI memorandum,outlining administrative policy changes to the Office of Professional Responsibility's (OPR) and the Inspection Division's (INSD) Delegated Investigation/Adjudication (DIA) program.
Jan. 21, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6297
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the focus, scope, and procedure of military interviews being conducted of FBI personnel who reported witnessing aggressive interrogation techniques at Guantanamo.
Feb. 18, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6306
The document is the FBI Office of General Counsel response to the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General request for additional information, regarding supervisory employees in the National Security Law Branch and Counterterrorism ...
June 15, 2011
Other
Marion E. Bowman, Julie F. Thomas
Feb. 18, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6307
The document is an organizational chart for the National Security Law Branch, headed by Deputy General Counsel Julie F. Thomas.
June 15, 2011
Chart/List
Julie F. Thomas
Apr. 11, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6320
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding whether FBI agents who were interviewed concerning detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay were advised of their rights as well as the fulfillment of document requests from the Office of Inspector General.
June 15, 2011
Email
Toni M. Fogle
Apr. 11, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6325
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a Department of Justice Office of Inspector General request for documents related to detainee abuse. The email details an observed incident of potential abuse.
June 15, 2011
Email
John T. Furlow
Feb. 22, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6335
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding Department of Justice protocol for the investigation of terrorism overseas. The memorandum includes information about the standards for the handling of a criminal case in a battlefield zone, ...