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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Apr. 10, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2944
An FBI memo regarding the Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) assistance and challenges at Guantanamo. The memo is almost entirely redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle | Stephen R. Wiley
Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Frankie Battle, Stephen R. Wiley, Marion E. Bowman, C. Frank Figliuzzi
Apr. 10, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3368
First page of an FBI Memo entitled " GTMO-INTEL GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA OO:MIAMI MAJOR CASE 188".
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle | Stephen R. Wiley
Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Raymond Mey, Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi
Apr. 10, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3445
Interview of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The detainee accused Pakistani Police with giving him electric shocks and U.S. troops of "beating him" when he was captured in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Later in the interview he admitted to lying about the ...
Apr. 10, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6358
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
Apr. 11, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 931
Army Memo re: Minutes of April 11, 2003 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, W. Scott Cummings
Apr. 11, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1263
Medical reports for a 30 year-old Iraqi male detainee suffering from bi-lateral leg fractures and fractured hip. The medical records do not state how the detainee received his injuries and does not give any personal information on the detainee.
Apr. 11, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4192
ICRC press release announcing its renewed assurance of its highest consideration for the Permanent Mission of the U.S.
Dec. 30, 2004
Other
Charles L. Daris
Apr. 11, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4193
Press release from the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the "chaos" in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq. The ICRC urgently appeals to the Coalition forces and all other persons in authority to do everything possible to protect ...
Apr. 11, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4741
Medical records of a 25 year-old Iraqi male with shrapnel to flank and amputation injury. The medical records do not state how the gentleman received his injuries and does not give any personal information on the him.
Apr. 11, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 5169
Record documenting the capture of Abu Ali, senior member of the Abu Abdullah Terrorist Group, Manadal Al-Jumadi, Abu Abdullah, Abu Abdullah group cell leader, and "one unknown male, Ivo Mahmudiyah". Abu Ali was detained by Naval Special Warfare ...
Jan. 14, 2014
Other
Abu Ali, Manadel Al-Jamadi