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 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2877
Email forwarding another email containing two Washington Post articles about Guantanamo interrogation policies, May 21, 2004. The article states "Rumsfeld Approved Harsh Procedures At Guantanamo, Officials Say" and "FBI Chief Tells of ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
Frankie Battle
Janice K. Fedarcyk, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Lawrence Di Rita, William J. Haynes, II, Robert S. Mueller, Patrick Leahy, Charles E. Schumer
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2990
Original and reply e-mails seek clarification from an unidentified special agent regarding a his prior interview statements in re detainee treatment. Specifically, in his interview, he recounted asking the prison guards to treat a specific ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2991
E-mail between T.J. Harrington, Valerie Caproni and other un-named FBI officials concerning photographs on a CD from various FBI personnel during their TDY rotation to the Baghdad Operation Center. An FBI agent who reviewed the CD did not believe ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3065
Email desribes the Final, approved EC for FBI field agents being deployed to Iraq. Attachements not provided.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3199
The email fowards a Washington Post article that describes the evolotion of the interrogation techniques used on detainees by the DOD. It quotes Sec. Rumsfeld spokesperson Lawrence Di Rita on the matter. It also relates a Senate Hearing where FBI ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Frankie Battle
Thomas J. Harrington
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Robert S. Mueller, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Lawrence Di Rita, Geoffrey D. Miller, George W. Bush, William J. Haynes, II, Robert S. Mueller, Patrick Leahy, Charles E. Schumer, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Lane McCotter, John J. Armstrong
Use of water, Water dousing, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3333
Emails between Valerie Caproni, Eleni Kalisch and Others re: Potential New Iraq Public Corruption Case
May 18, 2005
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Eleni P. Kalisch | Kenneth L. Wainstein
Valerie E. Caproni, Eleni P. Kalisch, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Chris Swecker, Laura M. Laughlin, Joseph R. Lewis, Thomas G. Kinnally, Kathleen E. Kennedy
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3518

Emails discuss the postponement of a meeting.

Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Laura M. Laughlin
Kathleen E. Kennedy | Chris Swecker | Valerie E. Caproni | Joseph R. Lewis | Thomas G. Kinnally
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas G. Kinnally, Joseph R. Lewis, Chris Swecker, Laura M. Laughlin, Kathleen E. Kennedy
May 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4259
State Department cable concerning Sec. of State Powell's meeting with the Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri to discuss India, Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations Security Council. The cable is mostly redacted, but includes a discussion on ...
Dec. 20, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell
May 21, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4652
This document is a cover page for an underlying document. It indicates whether the underlying document requires a signature from Paul Kelly. No indication as to what the underlying document is.
Dec. 02, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Paul V. Kelly
Peggy Cifrino
Paul V. Kelly
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2871
Email asking for elaboration on a factual issue in an Electronic Communication regarding Guantanamo. The contents are mostly redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Frankie Battle | Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman