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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The document is a fax cover sheet for 20 pages (including cover) faxed to the FBI in New York.
The document is an affidavit of a New York Office FBI Special Agent, regarding his role in the interrogations of a redacted detainee. He asserts that he did not witness any abuse or mistreatment of the detainee.
The document is an affidavit of a New York Office FBI Special Agent, regarding his role in the interrogations of a redacted detainee. He asserts that he did not witness any abuse or mistreatment of the detainee.
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the results of interviews of FBI Special Agents conducted by representatives of the United States Army Criminal Investigation command.
The document is a list of employees taking military leave, with names redacted but BPMS titles and total military hours listed.
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding Department of Justice protocol for the investigation of terrorism overseas. The memorandum includes information about the standards for the handling of a criminal case in a battlefield zone, ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding guidelines for FBI operations in Iraq, designed especially for the FBI's Iraq Task Force (ITF), located in Doha, Qatar. The memorandum also includes information on command and control, ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Bruce J. Gebhardt, Larry A. Mefford, John S. Pistole, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the reporting process for detainee abuse allegations at Guantanamo Bay. The memorandum includes information on the different tracks for reporting, including legal and operations.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a Memo of Understanding between the FBI and the Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF).
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a Memo of Understanding between the FBI and the Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF).
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a Memo of Understanding between the FBI and the Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF).
The document is a chart that depicts the functions and organization of the FBI Office of General Counsel.
June 15, 2011
Chart/List
Kenneth L. Wainstein, Patrick W. Kelley, Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Julie F. Thomas
The document is an email, regarding an update on Detainee #63. The email includes information on the most recent Interrogation Plan for the detainee.
June 15, 2011
Email
Frankie Battle
Mohammed al Qahtani
The document is an email, regarding Detainee #63 and setting up a meeting about the FBI's involvement in the detainee's interrogation.
June 15, 2011
Email
Mohammed al Qahtani
The document is an email, regarding the interrogation plan for Detainee #63. The email includes information about FBI concerns about the plan and DHS methods.
June 15, 2011
Email
Mohammed al Qahtani
The document is an email, regarding a brief requested from HQ.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a letter to be sent by the FBI Office of General Counsel to the DoD detailing previously unreported detainee abuse allegations. In one email, an agent, whose name is redacted, speaks passionately ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, J. Stephen Tidwell
The document is an email, regarding an investigation by Brigadier General John Furlow into allegations of abuse by military interrogators, and includes a section about interviews of FBI agents.
June 15, 2011
Email
John T. Furlow, J. Stephen Tidwell, Craig C. King
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding military investigators reviewing allegations of abuse against military personnel and their requested interviews of FBI personnel.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an update about Valerie Caproni's interview of a redacted entity related to his observations from Guantanamo Bay.
The document is a memorandum sent from the Office of Oversight and Review in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to the FBI Inspection Division, regarding a request for preliminary information by the OIG. The information will be used to ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Carol F. Ochoa
Charlene B. Thornton
Charlene B. Thornton, Carol F. Ochoa
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the fulfillment of an Office of Inspector General request for documents related to Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghuraib Prison.
June 15, 2011
Email
J. Stephen Tidwell, Warren T. Bamford
The document is an email regarding the scheduling for a debriefing by FBI special agents related to their Guantanamo Bay experiences.
June 15, 2011
Email
Frankie Battle
The document is part 13 of the Office of Inspector General 02/18/2005 request for documents, but the document is entirely redacted.
The document is part 13 of the Office of Inspector General 02/18/2005 request for documents, but the document is entirely redacted.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an NCIS request to interview a Special Agent who was involved in the capture of a detainee who later died in custody.
June 15, 2011
Email
J. Stephen Tidwell
J. Stephen Tidwell, Valerie E. Caproni, Patrick W. Kelley, Frankie Battle
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an NCIS request to interview a Special Agent who was involved in the capture of a detainee who later died in custody. The email includes information on the procedure by which these investigations ...
The document is the cover page of a memorandum, regarding Guantanamo intelligence and Major Case 188.
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
James B. Comey, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, Frankie Battle
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding legal issues in Guantanamo Bay, specifically interrogation techniques.
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the mission overview of the FBI-Afghanistan Detachment based on the CTD Afghanistan Assessment Team (AAT) findings. The memorandum also includes information on detainee interviews and support ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding a request to establish a pre-deployment training program for FBI personnel who deploy to Afghanistan. The memorandum includes a cost analysis as well as a preliminary draft syllabus.
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Willie T. Hulon, Arthur M. Cummings, II
The document is an information sheet that lists pages deleted from this FOIA release (FBI pages given to OIG).
The document is a daily schedule for an Iraq pre-deployment briefing.
This document lists "Issues to be discussed," including not compromising FBI ethics in a mission. It also continues a mission analysis featuring questions about interrogation and interviews, detention facility participation, command and control, ...
This is an email chain focusing on the prison transfer and potential of prosecution for one detainee. An official raises broader questions of what it means to participate in the interrogation of a detainee and how the FBI can not implicate ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
This document is a heavily redacted sworn statement by an FBI Special Agent as part of "an administrative inquiry regarding an allegation that SA [redacted] engaged in possible prisoner abuse while on military deployment in Iraq."
This document is a memo regarding an investigation into allegations of detainee abuse. Investigation was initiated due to a letter from a detainee, alleging that he was "taken from Camp Cropper to an unknown location during the beginning of Jun ...
This document is a page listing pages withheld from current release, as well as reasons for the withholdings.
This document is a email chain discussing recommendations concerning interviews and interrogations made in a former email.
This document is a list featuring descriptions of various abuses that occurred throughout Afghanistan. Most of the abuses involved slapping and punching.
June 15, 2011
Chart/List
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Stomach/abdominal slap, Facial hold
This document is a series of emails relating a possible extradition treaty between the US and Iraq and the rules surrounding Miranda rights.
June 15, 2011
Email
Julie F. Thomas
This document is the first page of a memorandum concerning government responsibilities relating to torture under the U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT) and 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A.
June 15, 2011
Legal Memo
James B. Comey
This document is a fax detailing the work by the FBI with detainees held by the Northern Alliance in Sheberghan, Afghanistan. it concludes that, at this time, no detainee can be considered "safe" and recommends several for transfer to Bagram and ...
This document is an email from redacted FBI officials concerning documentation for detained persons.
The document includes Part 1 of the FBI Manual of Administrative Operations and Procedures (MAOP), which addresses activities and standards of conduct. The document includes information on ethics advice and training, personal conduct regulations, ...
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 ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Robert S. Mueller, John S. Pistole
This document is a page listing 104 pages withheld from release and the reasons for their withholding.
This memo from the SSA states that military interrogation techniques and methods are currently under internal review and are receiving major media attention regarding detainee deaths. It states that "hard approach techniques" have been ...
May 17, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation
This is the Death certificate for Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd-Al. Mr. Abd-Al was found hanging in his prison cell at the Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq, of an apparent suicide. He was given medical treatment at the ...
May 06, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd Al
This document is a Department of Defense (DOD) Hospital Death Report and Death Certificate for detainee Ubayd Harhoosh Hamed. Mr. Hamed was a 61-year-old Iraqi detainee of Camp Bucca. He was brought to the hospital after sustaining injuries from ...
May 06, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Ubayd Harhoosh Hamed
Physical assault