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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Sept. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3249
Email states that the author has experienced "unfavorable contact" with AUSA Robert Spencer of the Eastern District of Virginai regarding "WFO's failure to more aggressively address pending allegations". Specifically, AUSA Spencer berated an ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Alex J. Turner
Alex J. Turner, Robert A. Spencer
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3245
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet
Sept. 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3246
Email states "below is one more email I located regarding the FOIPA request" concerning an Abu Ghraib Prison Case. Mostly redacted.
June 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3242
Contents redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Chris Swecker | Laura M. Laughlin
Chris Swecker, Laura M. Laughlin
July 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3243
Contents redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Kathleen E. Kennedy
Kathleen E. Kennedy
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3244
Memo includes investigations into allegations of prisoner abuse in Iraq, but since there is no FBI jurisdiction in the matter, the information was to be turned over to DOD for appropriate action; Impersonation (Afghanistan torture case) - This ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Investigative File
Michael P. Sullivan
Robert A. Spencer, Michael P. Sullivan, Alex J. Turner
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity, Other
Aug. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3239
Requests impersonation matter be reassigned to CID, Violent Crimes Section (VCS) Special Jurisdiction Unit (SJU) for FBI HQ oversight. Mostly redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3240
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet
June 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3241
Email states that on 6/1/04 SAC Kinnally authorized an investigation in to potential corruption case involving federal/public officials in the Executive Branch. The findings are to be reported to DOJ Attorney Patrick Sullivan.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Thomas G. Kinnally, Michael P. Sullivan
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3237
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet