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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May 06, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3372
Memo discusses the FBI's objections and concerns regarding the military's interrogation tactics in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and Iraq. The memo states that in late 2002 and continuing into mid-2003, the Behavioral Analysis Unit raised concerns ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Christopher A. Wray
SERE, Physical assault, General
Mar. 04, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3373
Email from a FBI Official [redacted] with situation reports attached. The emails appear to be between Gregory A. Miller, US Attorney, Northern District of Florida and a SSA stationed in Camp Ashraf, Iraq.
May 18, 2005
Email
Gregory A. Miller
Gregory A. Miller
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3374
Entire contents redacted. Only visible language is a header that reads " Classification Draft," also at the top it reads "David Nahmias- AG Letter.wpd"
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
David E. Nahmias
Sept. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3375
Email discussing a search the Divisions are conducting in search of "e-mails, work copies, and investigative notes created or obtained after 9/11/01 through 5/25/04, which contain information concerning foreign detainees.
May 18, 2005
Email
William G. McKinsey
July 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3376
In response to the canvass of FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay an inquiry regarding the treatment of military detainees treatment was instigated. A Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) reports that during his/her assignment in Guantanamo, ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Monte C. Strait
July 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3377
In response to the canvass of FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay an inquiry regarding the treatment of military detainee's treatment was instigated. A Management Analyst (MA) reports that during his/her assignment in Guantanamo Bay ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Monte C. Strait
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3378
In response to the canvass of FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay an inquiry regarding the treatment of military detainee’s treatment was instigated. An Information Technology Specialist (IT) reports that during his/her assignment in ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
John S. Hooks Jr., Jerome M. Pender, William G. McKinsey, Monte C. Strait
Jan. 20, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3379
Email states "We had a meeting with TJ Harrington today and he inquired about the outcome of your meeting with DoD (General Miller) regarding interrogations in June 2003 where an FBI agent was impersonated. Was that ever resolved? Is there any ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller, Thomas J. Harrington
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
June 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3380
Email between FBI officials [names redacted] discussing an 'FBI Supervisory Ruse." The official states that he/she was advised to speak to General Geoffrey D. Miller regarding the matter, but instead chose to speak to [redacted]. There is a ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Apr. 06, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3381

A summary of a FBI interview of a detainee being held at Camp X-Ray about the conditions of confinement in the camp.  During the interview, the detainee stated that Military Police "have been mistreating the detainees by pushing them ...

May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General, Other Humiliation, Religious