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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FBI | ACLU-RDI 2940
FBI FOIPA Deleted Page Information Sheet
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2941
Behavioral Analysis Advisor writes he observed aggressive interrogation techniques that were planned and implemented against certain detainees. The email states "As you may be aware, I was in GTMO and I did observe aggressive Interrogation ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2942
Deleted page information sheet that references "Detainees 3133," Detainees 1318," and "Detainees 3134."
Sept. 30, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2943
An FBI email concerning an update. It mentions informing the recipient of the results of a meeting "tomorrow." Contents redacted.
Apr. 10, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2944
An FBI memo regarding the Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) assistance and challenges at Guantanamo. The memo is almost entirely redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle | Stephen R. Wiley
Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Frankie Battle, Stephen R. Wiley, Marion E. Bowman, C. Frank Figliuzzi
Feb. 26, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2945
FBI Documenting NCAVC assistance and challenges at Guantanamo. Mostly redacted
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley | Frankie Battle
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle
May 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2946
Email states recient new article on CNN reported Gen. Karpinsky saying that Gen. Miller wanted to "Gitmoize" Abu Ghraib. The email also refers to article in Stars and Stripes news paper where Gen. Miller had said he believed in "rapport-building ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Geoffrey D. Miller
Executive | ACLU-RDI 2947
Contents Redacted Under FOIA Exemption
June 27, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2948
Requests Language Services translate a document which contains the names of 66 pakistani detainees who were released from Sheberghan prison identified as potentially posing a threat.
Aug. 19, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2949
Discusses detention and interview of detainee at Bagram, Afganistan [mostly redacted].