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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Jan. 26, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6205
An email that provides guidance on forwarding requests for interviews of FBI Special Agents regarding allegations of detainee abuse or deaths.
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Patrick W. Kelley, Toni M. Fogle, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
Jan. 28, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6237
An email regarding a final timeline relating to detainee issues. Valerie E. Caproni jokes about their "malfeasance."
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Julie F. Thomas
Valerie E. Caproni, Julie F. Thomas, Patrick W. Kelley
Jan. 29, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2293
A detainee was taken in to custody on January 10, 2004 and alleged he was abused during his arrest by being kicked in the face while he was restrained, hooded and in a kneeling position. He also states while detained at Camp Biap, Baghdad he was ...
Jan. 31, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2285
Investigation into assault of detainee after an escape attempt and subsequent homicide. Soldiers conspired to provide false statements to investigators. After subduing detainee with excessive force, soldiers continued to assault him by slamming ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, Walling, General
Feb. 02, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1537

An investigation of detainee abuse that occurred while the detainee was being transported from Al Baghdadi to the Baghdad International Airport and then on to Abu Ghraib prison. The investigation established insufficient evidence to show ...

Sept. 20, 2005
Investigative File (CID)
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Stress positions
Feb. 02, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3560
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: Transfer of Detainees in Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay". There is no other discernible information or context. There is a handwritten notation on the top of the page that states "Important: Hold ...
Feb. 02, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3562
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: Detainee Issues". There is no other discernible information or context.
Feb. 02, 2005 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3565
This State Department Cable is entitled "Subject: February 2 Transfer of Detainees to Guantanamo". There is no other discernible information or context
Feb. 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6007
The document is an internal FBI email sent from Eleni Kalisch to the Executive Secretariat, regarding overdue correspondence and Senator Feinstein's 2004 letter.
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Executive Secretariat
Eleni P. Kalisch, Dianne Feinstein, Robert S. Mueller
Feb. 05, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6219
An email regarding allegations of misconduct against two FBI agents. During an interview with one of the agents, they stated that there were, "inhumane conditions at the Baghdad detention facility... Although I only personally observed this abuse ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Toni M. Fogle
Charlene B. Thornton
Toni M. Fogle, Charlene B. Thornton