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.
The document is an untitled letter from a detainee alleging abuse by the American military. The detainee states that he was questioned about the role of Iraqi intelligence in furthering international terrorism and about where Iraq had hidden its ...
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.
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.
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding a mission overview of the FBI's operations in Afghanistan. The memorandum also includes information on detainee interviews, specialized military operations support, and training provision for ...
The document is a sworn statement from a redacted entity regarding two incidents at the Abu Ghurayb Prison which involved the use of dogs to intimidate and injure detainees.
The document is a sworn statement from a redacted entity regarding two incidents at the Abu Ghurayb Prison which involved the use of dogs to intimidate and injure detainees.
The document is a translated statement from a detainee at Abu Ghraib who describes being bitten twice by a dog and subsequently kicked and hit in the face by an American soldier.
The document includes handwritten notes describing the interrogations of Detainees #63 and #682 as well as the tensions between the FBI and the military at Guantanamo Bay.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding potential examinations of the FBI's role and involvement in detainee abuses alleged at Abu Ghurayb Prison.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the legitimacy of allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghurayb Prison and the FBI's potential involvement in the Criminal Investigative Division (CID) investigation of these allegations.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding legal issues in Guantanamo Bay, specifically interrogation techniques. The author of the email, Marion Bowman, states that the FBI does not approve of the harsh interrogation techniques being used ...
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 ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum for special agents in charge, regarding the guidelines for conducting FBI investigations overseas. The memorandum includes information on Legal Attaches ("Legats"), leads in foreign countries, ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a request that FBI agents who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo fill out surveys on whether they witnessed abuse of detainees.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding incidents at Guantanamo Bay that are being reported. The incidents include questionable interrogation techniques and the presence of a prostitute at Camp Delta.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an FBI personnel's conversation with Vice Admiral Church about the FBI's mission in Guantanamo, the FBI's close coordination with JTF-GTMO, and interagency interview coordination.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an update to a special inquiry conducted of FBI personnel who served in some capacity at the Guantanamo Bay facility about any observations of aggressive treatment of detainees by either Department ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the newly created Offense Table and Penalty Guidelines related to the FBI disciplinary process. The guidelines are intended to aid employees in determining the types of behavior that ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a request from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) for a list of names of FBI personnel who served at Abu Ghuraib Prison as a part of abuse allegation investigations.
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.
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.
The document outlines relevant policy issues for FBI operations with the military in the Global War on Terrorism, including the use of force, detention and interrogation, and command relationships.
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the detention and interrogation of detainee Mohameou Ould Slahi. The document is heavily redacted.
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding document information related to impersonation by Department of Defense interrogators at Guantanamo representing themselves to be official of the FBI and the U.S. State Department.
The document is a memorandum from the Department of Defense, regarding approved methods of interrogation. The document includes information on documents related to the Administration's interrogation policies, a congressional subpoena proposed by ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum that outlines the actions taken by a redacted entity for a number of different projects, including the Iran Unit, Counterintelligence Division, and the Iraq/Syria/Libya Unit.
The document includes sections of the FBI Manual of Investigative Operations and Guidelines, including information on policies for the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense related to the investigation and prosecution of criminal ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding whether the FBI's operations in Iraq were primarily for intelligence-gathering or also for the collection of evidence for prosecutions. The email also includes information on a case in which an FBI ...
The document is a monograph written by the U.S. Department of Justice's Counterterrorism Section on the fundamental principles governing extraterritorial prosecutions, including jurisdiction, venue, and procedural rights. The monograph includes ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the rights granted to EPWs under the Geneva III Convention should the detaining power choose to institute judicial proceedings (criminal prosecution).
The document is an internal FBI memorandum from EAD John Pistole to the Counterterrorism Division, regarding the request of HVD-1's (Saddam Hussein) Interrogation Team to question the subject without reading him the Miranda rights, to videotape ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the procedure by which to document interviews with HVD-1 (Saddam Hussein). Significant portions of the document are redacted.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the dissemination of information and intelligence gathered from the interrogation of HVD-1 (Saddam Hussein).
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding written guidance given to FBI agents about standing clear of coercive interrogation techniques that are outside of FBI policy. The email includes information about an EC written by the FBI ...