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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FBI emails regarding interviewing strategies and insights on interrogation issues at Guantanamo. The email states "We met several interrogators...who we had dinner with. We discussed areas of mutual interests it pertains to interviewing ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Arthur M. Cummings, II
FBI email stating that the author was in a position to provide an accurate assessment of the dynamics and interactions at Guantanamo but was never contacted to prepare or review a draft copy of a memo dated Mar. 25, 2003.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Frankie Battle
Frankie Battle
Email forwarding an FBI electronic communication up the chain of command. Email states "I am forwarding this EC up the. CTD chain of command. MLDU requested this information be documented to protect the FBI. MLDU has had a long standing and ...
Email regarding the alleged impersonation of FBI Agents at Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Request for a draft of policy recommendations, training recommendations, and implementation recommendations for FBI agents engaging in interviews at Guantanamo. The email implies that discrepancies between Department of Homeland Security and FBI ...

FBI Memorandum from Guantanamo Task Force to Raymond Mey re: update regarding a Guantanamo detainee; Memorandum re: a Guantanamo detainee; DOD document. The contents are heavily redacted. An FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet is appended to ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Mey
Raymond Mey
Email from the FBI CIRG/BAU to CTD [names redacted] with attachment. The email states "Looks like we are stuck in the mud with the interview approach of the military vrs. law enforcement. We need to establish a Bureau policy laying out the ...
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet referencing Emails from CIRG/BAU re: Guantanamo matters. Authors referenced include: Marion Bowman, Stephen Wiley; Addressees include: Frankie Battle, Larry Mefford, John Pistole, Marion Bowman, Stephen Wiley, ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Other
Stephen R. Wiley
Email between FBI Officials re: FBI Draft Electronic Communications from Guantanamo.
Memorandum requesting observations/ recommendations of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) concerning the day-to-day operation of the Guantanamo Project. The memorandum was approved by Stephen Wiley and Frankie Battle. ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle, Stephen R. Wiley
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet: Duplicate of Detainees 1210, 1209, and 1208.
This is an email from an FBI agent on a tour of duty at Guantanamo Bay. The email describes the release/repatriation announcement of four (4) Guantanamo detainees. After the announcement the author of the emails reported "unrest" and a ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Michael E. Dunlavey
Email with an update that four detainees will be released from Guantanamo. The email states "At long last, some excellent news. In the very near future, four (4) Detainees, three (3) Afghans and one (1) Tajik will be sent home. Please keep this ...
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet referencing an email from CIRG concerning interrogations; Camp Delta; an interrogation update for 10/03-04/02; Mission Statement for CIRG/BAU at Guantanamo.
Email regarding Category IV hurricane "Lili" approaching Guantanamo. "Camp America will be totally vacated by 1400 hours tomorrow (09/25/2002 - Wednesday) and all detainees will be secured away from Delta for at least 48 hours. At 1400 hours ...
Refers to attached briefing re: Guantanamo (not linked). Contents Completely Redacted.
Unredacted text recommends behavioral team contact authors of attached study (redacted in full). At bottom, references to Psyop Planning Team and PowerPoint attachment labeled TerrorismBrief.ppt. The email is otherwise redacted.
Summary of an Israeli Supreme Court ruling (downloaded from www.court.gov.il) by Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, holding that the General Security Service (GSS) is not authorized to employ certain investigative methods that involve the use ...
Mention of postponing trip until "end of the month." Contents Completely Redacted.
Email only states "Hello from GTMO" and "That's it for now. More to follow after the aforementioned meeting." Contents Completely Redacted.
Mention of discussion between Special Agent in Command (SAC) and HQ regarding some unspecified issue needing follow-up. The email states "Talked with the SAC and HQ re: the issue raised in your conference call...earlier today. I think we have ...
Information duplicative of Detainees 2907. Page reference Detainees 2980.
The sender of the email mentions difficulty in attaching emails to one another. The four (4) emails need to be forwarded separately regarding a redacted matter, dated: 09/30/2002, 10/02/2002, 10/07/2002, and 10/08/2002.
Series of FBI Deleted Page Information Sheets, with fully redacted documents attached.
The email is mostly redacted but has two lines that are readable: 1) I know that you may have news for us following your 1600 meet. Please review the documents attached; and 2) Thanks. The GTMO Guys."
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet
Contents Completely Redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet referencing emails from Valerie Caproni and CIRG/BAU concerning follow-up of observations of DOD personnel (3104); same (3105-3106); Memorandum concerning interview strategies at GTMO (3107-3108); Memorandum ...
Summary of FBI interview. Detainee talks about privilege/discipline at Guantanamo, "reward" system and classification of detainees based on behavior.ÿ Describes spending time in an isolation unit. NYPD Detective present during interview.
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Isolation
FBI FOIPA Deleted Page Information Sheet
Behavioral Analysis Advisor writes he observed aggressive interrogation techniques that were planned and implemented against certain detainees. The email states "As you may be aware, I was in GTMO and I did observe aggressive Interrogation ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Deleted page information sheet that references "Detainees 3133," Detainees 1318," and "Detainees 3134."
An FBI email concerning an update. It mentions informing the recipient of the results of a meeting "tomorrow." Contents redacted.
An FBI memo regarding the Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) assistance and challenges at Guantanamo. The memo is almost entirely redacted.
FBI Documenting NCAVC assistance and challenges at Guantanamo. Mostly redacted
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley | Frankie Battle
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle
Email states recient new article on CNN reported Gen. Karpinsky saying that Gen. Miller wanted to "Gitmoize" Abu Ghraib. The email also refers to article in Stars and Stripes news paper where Gen. Miller had said he believed in "rapport-building ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Geoffrey D. Miller
Contents Redacted Under FOIA Exemption
Requests Language Services translate a document which contains the names of 66 pakistani detainees who were released from Sheberghan prison identified as potentially posing a threat.
Discusses detention and interview of detainee at Bagram, Afganistan [mostly redacted].
Documents regarding interviewing detainee at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Amy Jo Lyons
Documents detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The detainee is a High Value detainee and most of the memo is redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Threat, Family/others
Documents detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
Documents detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
Documents detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee mentions that he is only allowed to use the bathroom every six hours, which hinders his water intake, requests to be moved back to "general population".
reports results of interview conducted of detainee at Bagram Control Point, Bagram, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee stated that he did not have knowledge of Usama Bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed or Al Qaeda because no one is allowed to speak inside ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Interview with detainee questioning him how he knew or was aware of Ramzi Yousef (1993 World Trade Center Bombing) and Amal Kansi (1993 shooter of CIA HQ in Langley, VA). He also indicated that he has a pending case in another country when he is ...
Documentation of detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee complained that his health was getting worse, but stated a doctor had seen him.
Documentation of detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.ÿ Mentions Paracha's name as the person being interviewed.
Dec. 15, 2004
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Saifullah Paracha