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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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.
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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.