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 a heavily redacted daily situation report from the Iraqi Task Force, detailing personnel numbers and status as well as a variety of figures related to detainees during the reporting period - including captures, transfers, and ...
The document is a memorandum of understanding between the FBI and two redacted parties regarding the parties' desire to physically collate [redacted] automated biometric identification system within the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services ...
The document is a memorandum of understanding between the FBI and two redacted parties regarding the exchange of fingerprints and other biographical data for military detainees and known or suspected terrorists. The memorandum also outlines the ...
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a response to a search request to re-review a list of 263 cases in order to ascertain if any of them were regarding detainee abuse allegations.
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to allegations of misconduct against FBI employees due to the ...
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to the FBI's initiation and conduct of special inquiries and ...
The document is a memorandum including the minutes from the SAAC Director's Advisory Committees Meeting held from March 21 through 25, 2005. The notes include information received from noted speakers/presenters and cover numerous other areas.
This email, by an FBI SSA, is to all FBI agents who were witnesses to a prisoner's allegations of abuse. The email asks all agents to reach out to a redacted Army official to partake in an informal, voluntary interview, which will be followed ...
The document includes notes from FBI Director Robert Mueller's meeting with the SAAC Executive Council during the conference held at the FBI Headquarters from September 28 through 30, 2004. The notes detail the Council's concerns and appreciation.
The document is a memorandum including the minutes from the SAAC Executive Council Meeting held at the FBI Headquarters from September 28 through 30, 2004. The document includes information provided by every speaker at the conference.
The document is a memorandum regarding Iraq issues and lessons learned. The topics covered in the memorandum include mandatory after action debriefs, operation of sources overseas, coercive interrogations, and rules of engagement in Iraq.
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically the 2003-2004 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the FBI and another ...
The document is a news article written by NBC News Correspondent Campbell Brown regarding possible prisoner abuse at Battlefield Interrogation Facilities operated by Delta Force in Iraq.
The document is a worksheet that can be used to determine a detainee's status, specifically whether or not the detainee is entitled to be treated as an Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW).
The document is a memorandum from the Department of Defense Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP) for all service members in the force, regarding proper detainee treatment.
An email by an FBI SSA to an FBI agent to make the recipient aware of their "situation/relationships" surrounding an Army CID request for interview. The FBI SSA will be present at the interview merely on behalf at the FBI. The FBI agent is ...
The document is an internal FBI email sent from Eleni Kalisch to the Executive Secretariat, regarding overdue correspondence and Senator Feinstein's 2004 letter.
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a request for any letters or documents provided by the FBI in response to a letter from Senator Feinstein to Director Mueller concerning documents that had been released to the ACLU.
A response by an FBI official to another FBI official providing requested advice regarding alleged accusations of prisoner abuse being made against two FBI agents. The official clarifies that the two agents were not accused of prisoner abuse, but ...
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically minutes, notes, memoranda, and other documents from any ...
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the Office of Inspector General's review of the detainee issues and its request for documents pertaining to possible detainee abuse.
The document is a memorandum summarizing the results of the 10/26/04 debriefing of a previous Iraq Deployment On-Scene Commander (OSC) and two Deputy On-Scene Commanders and recommendations for future Iraq deployments. The topics of discussion ...
The document is a statement for the record for FBI Executive Assistant Director John Pistole before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The statement discusses FBI interrogation needs and techniques for counterterrorism efforts ...
Two emails between FBI agents regarding FBI agents who are listed as witnesses in an internal investigation because they had some sort of contact with a prisoner making allegations of abuse. The Army was informed that they would be available for ...
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically Department of Defense forms signed by FBI agents prior to ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum sent from the Counterterrorism Division to all divisions, regarding the establishment of the Terrorism Incident Response Protocol (TIRP) - a tool to improve the efficiency of responses to acts of ...
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically a a confidential memorandum clarifying the status of detained ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum sent from the General Counsel to all divisions, regarding an appropriate course of action in response to requests received from military criminal investigative services to interview FBI personnel ...
The document is a press release from the FBI regarding the release of FBI documents related to detainees in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. The statement includes information about FBI employee surveys conducted regarding possible mistreatment of ...
The document is a memorandum outlining talking points for a phone call conversation with Senator Feinstein, regarding FBI Director Mueller's testimony before the Judiciary Committee and a survey conducted after the hearing about the possible ...
The document is a letter from Assistant Director Eleni P. Kalisch of the Office of Congressional Affairs to Senator Patrick Leahy, regarding Senator Leahy's claim that FBI Director Mueller withheld key information about the mistreatment of ...
The document is a letter from Senator Patrick Leahy to FBI Director Robert Mueller, regarding the FBI's withholding of key information about the abusive treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody overseas.
This document is a statement signed by an FBI Special Agent in the presence of a Supervisory Special Agent. The agent recounts their assignment by the Defense Humint Services Headquarters to lead a Humint Augmentation Team in support of a special ...
This heavily redacted investigative file by the FBI transcribes an interview with an FBI Special Agent. The interview's nature seems to be to obtain additional facts surrounding allegations made against a fellow FBI Special Agent, who may or may ...
This considerably redacted investigative file by the FBI transcribes an interview with an FBI Special Agent. The interview's nature seems to be to obtain additional facts surrounding allegations made against a fellow FBI Agent, who may or may not ...
This heavily redacted investigative file by the FBI transcribes an interview with an FBI Special Agent. The interview's nature seems to be to obtain additional facts surrounding allegations made against a fellow FBI Special Agent, who may or may ...
This heavily redacted investigative file by the FBI transcribes an interview with an FBI Special Agent. The interview was meant to obtain additional facts surrounding allegations made against a fellow FBI Special Agent, who is the subject of the ...
A cover letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the Office of the Inspector General enclosing requested materials on detainee issues. The classified materials include items from several internal investigation units, which are to be ...
A cover letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the Office of the Inspector General enclosing requested materials on detainee issues. The classified materials includes: Critical Incident Response Group Behavioral Analysis Unit Volume ...
This document is a letter accompanying hard copies of EC related to GTMO activities. The author of the letter asks the recipient to upload or serialize the material due to a lack of resources on the author's end.
This email, by an FBI agent who had previously dealt with GTMO detainees, is a response to an Inspection Division request made on July 9, 2004 about possible observance of "aggressive treatment, interrogations or interview techniques on GTMO ...