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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May 30, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3503
This memo is from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Units (BAU) discussing how the interrogation of suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects was proceeding. The memo states "several discussions were held to determine the most effective means of ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Mey | Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Stephen R. Wiley, Raymond Mey, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi, Frankie Battle, Geoffrey D. Miller
May 30, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4925
FBI Memo re: Behavioral Analysis Units (BAU) Challenges Encountered at Guantanamo Bay. No additional pages; no content.
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Mey, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi, Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle
May 31, 2003 | CID | ACLU-RDI 102
CID Report of investigation regarding alleged misconduct by six U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, Iraq between April 22 and May 18, 2003. Investigation “established cause to believe [two soldiers committed an unlawful weapons transfer to an Iraqi ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Investigative File (CID), Photograph
Nelson van Eck
May 31, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1998
These are notes and observations on Operation Iraqi Freedom from the JRTC Fire Support team while in the CENTCOM AOR during OPERATIONS Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom from May 31 - June 13, 2003.
May 31, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3464
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was not willing to be interviewed until he was able to make a phone call to his family. He did state that stated that many of the detainees were being mistreated. He stated that ...
June 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 321

Field Manual for urban operations. Overview of offensive & defensive operations in urban areas and stability & support ops (i.e. peacekeeping ops & humanitarian assistance support). Information is strategic & tactical in ...

June 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 368
Army Field Manual No. 3-06: FM 3-06 Urban Operations. Provides the Army soldier with guidance and understanding of the urban warfare environment and the proper manner to conduct themselves and participate in operations.
June 01, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1330
This document contains the medical records from numerous detainees during the summer and Fall of 2003. The records are not separated to distinguish from one patient to another. However, the records cover the medical treatment of numerous Iraqi ...
June 02, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2340
The index lists this document as: CDR USSOUTHCOM Memorandum dtd 2 Jun 03.
June 02, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3269
Memo from CIRG NCAVC/Behavioral Analysis Unit-East to Counter terrorism- Miami. The Memo discusses/summarizes an SSA's contribution to interviews conducted while temporarily assigned to Guantanamo. Contributions included, interview strategies and ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle