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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Oct. 15, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2860
The document is a response to a request from the DOD, Criminal Investigation Task Force that the FBI Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) conduct a records check of detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. ML&DU "conducted a ...
Oct. 17, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2861
The document is a response to a request from the DOD, Criminal Investigation Task Force that the FBI Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) conduct a records check of detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. ML&DU "conducted a ...
Dec. 04, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2862
The document is a response to the DOJ, Office of Assistant Attorney General request for FBI comments on detainees set to appear before the Transfer Review Board. The Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) provides (almost fully redacted) ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Patrick Rowan
Patrick Rowan
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2863

The document describes a meeting convened by Pierre Richard Prosper, Ambassador at Large, United States Commission on War Crimes. Prosper advised that some prisoners at Guantanamo would be moved to Afghanistan, while some would be moved to ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Pierre-Richard Prosper
July 29, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2864
The document recommends one of three options for what to do with detainees: releasing detainees, transferring detainees for continued detention, or keeping detainees in US DOD controlled detention. While the document is heavily redacted, in ...
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2865
The document provides investigative and interview summaries for detainees. The document is fully redacted, except for the statement: "The FBI disagrees with DOD's recommendation of release [of the detainee] and recommends transfer for continued ...
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2866
The document discusses the new division of labor between GTMO CITF, which will run tribunals, and the FBI, which will concentrate on interrogation. The author observes that "detainees are all extremely frustrated about being asked the same ...
July 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2867
The document summarizes FBI work in Afghanistan. FBI duties include: "interview/interrogation [redacted] fingerprinting and photographing and DNA collection), training of DOD personnel in proper collection techniques, participation in [redacted] ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Robert S. Mueller
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2868
Deleted page information sheet that references "Detainees 1386-1388" and "Detainees 2605-2607."
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2869
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller's questions for the Military Liaison and Detainee Unit (MLDU) from his 05/20/2004 testimony. The contents are redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Notes
Robert S. Mueller