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.
Indicates an incident wherein a detainee at Guantanamo was the subject of a "Forced Cell Extraction". The email states "the incident described by the detainee matches up with an instance wherein the detainee was the subject of a Forced Cell ...
Concerns discussing an update on Guantanamo with SC Fogle. The email states "where are we with this? Do we need to get Mr. Thompson involved? I'd like to get these interviews done."
Email re: NCIS investigating allegations about physical abuse of a detainee when he was captured in Afghanistan or Pakistan by Americans dressed in black.
Email details approval for the Guantanamo facility by Rear Admiral James M. McGarrah in charge of the Office of Administrative Review for Detained Enenmy Combatants
Email discusses detainee's hearing at Guantanamo where press, Amnesty International, ACLU, Human Rights Watch and the American Bar Association were present.
Update on inquiry requiring personnel at GTMO since 9/11/01 to respond. 530 employees served at GTMO and were notified by e-mail. 478 have responded. 26 of those stated they observed what was believed to be some form of mistreatment and provided ...
Internal FBI email requesting agents who served at Guantanamo to submit reports on their observations if abuse of detainees, if any. One (1) agent submitted an abuse allegation.
Ms. Caproni states in her email that according to a redacted source the policy on exculpatory info detainees is not set and will most likely not be set until the redacted source returns in 2 weeks.
Preparation of Gary M. Bald for testimony before the House Permenant Select Committee on Intelligence on Iraqi prisoners, including detainee interrogations.
Valerie Caproni to Frankie Battle, Laura M. Laughlin and others re: Potential curruption concerning bid rigging and kickback schemes in Iraq, i.e. Coalition Provisional Authority.
Email details a meeting on May 14, 2004 between Laura Laughlin, Patrick Rowen, Robert Reed and others from DoD and FBI officials discussing the status of criminal prosecutions of military and civilian personnal involved in prisioner abuse in Iraq ...
These emails refer to the understanding that the FBI will be the lead interrogators of detainees according to the DOJ-OLC. Ms. Caproni states "I'll be happy to brief you on the particular detainee they are referring to once we know who it is."
Author states that "issues have arisen [sic] regarding the interrogation techniques employed by the military at Guantanamo." And that DOJ was not pursuing any interviews outside the scope of Iraq at this time, but may as the military ...
Email From Patrick Kelley To Valerie Caproni re: FBI is not involved in an Investigastion of the Abuse of an Un-named Iraqi Prisioner, AUSA Brian Murtagh is Investigating the Matter
Attaches a DOD fact sheet on Guantanamo detainees, a newly released DOD order establishing administrative review for procedures for enemy combatants held in Guantanamo and a DOD news release. Attachments not provided.
Email discusses a New York Times article re: FBI role in Iraq after sovereignty is turned back over to the Iraqis; the FBI to assist the Iraqi tribunal; and if Saddam Hussein is being held by the FBI. Author notes that to his/her knowledge, ...
Valerie Caproni is asking if there have been any inquiries concerning the treatment of detainees. The respondent states only two (2), but more may come in.
Valerie Caproni is trying to schedule a meeting with the recipient. The email states "I am trying to get together the facts on our knowledge of treatment of detainees for the Director. We need to talk today so I can tie down one piece of what we ...
M. Chris Briese sent an email stating "All, The Director wanted to know (by the end of the day) if anyone from the FBI had first-hand knowledge of any abuses at Abu Ghraib prison. If so, how did we handle it. I know that we have been made aware ...
This email contains a request for a list of personnel who were deployed to Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, particularly "that prison" in Iraq in late 2003. A list is provided, but is heavily redacted.
Email is to prepare the Director for an up-coming congressional hearing on Torture allegations, and if anyone was made aware of any such allegations. Bowman states that the matter was sent to SAC in Miami and CT. In addition it states that ...
The author of the email states that 5/7/2004 he/she was interviewed by the Military Inspector General concerning abuse allegations at Guantanamo; the use of Military Police in conducting interviews of Detainees; or being aware of any abuse of ...
This email is collecting a list of FBI agents who toured through Iraq in 2003, and obtaining statments from them concerning their understanding of FBI interrogation procedures for detainees.