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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June 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3279
Documentation of Critical Incident Response Group/Behavioral Assessment Unit on-site assessment of the interview process at Guantanamo. Entire contents redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley
Cassandra M. Chandler
Cassandra M. Chandler, David W. Szady, Pasquale D'Amuro, John S. Pistole, Stephen R. Wiley, Mark A. Hilts, Kenneth H. Senser, Thomas F. Lewis II
June 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3280
An assessment team from the Behavioral Assessment Unit (BAU), Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG), and the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) traveled to GTMO and conducted an on-site review. The document contains their ...
June 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3355
FBI memo from CIRG to the Director's Office of Counterterrorism that provides documentation of CIRG/BAU on-site assessment of the interview process at GTMO.
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Kenneth H. Senser, Thomas F. Lewis II, John S. Pistole, Pasquale D'Amuro, David W. Szady, Cassandra M. Chandler, Stephen R. Wiley, Mark A. Hilts
June 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3487
FBI memo cover page re: On-site Behavioral Assessment of Interview Process at Guantanamo Bay. No additional pages attached.
Feb. 06, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Kenneth H. Senser, Thomas F. Lewis II, Pasquale D'Amuro, John S. Pistole, Andrew Arena, David W. Szady, Hector M. Pesquera, Cassandra M. Chandler
June 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3488
FBI memo re: Contacts made by BAU team during 05/23/02 on-site review of Guantanamo.
Feb. 06, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Michael E. Dunlavey
June 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3527
Memo synopsis indicates that the memo discusses the CIRG/BAU's assessment of the interview process in GTMO. Also, it reads that the has a "Copy of a Letterhead Memorandum (LHM), suitable for dissemination to outside agencies" enclosed.
Feb. 06, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Pasquale D'Amuro | John S. Pistole | Andrew Arena | Cassandra M. Chandler | Thomas F. Lewis II | David W. Szady | Kenneth H. Senser
Kenneth H. Senser, Cassandra M. Chandler, David W. Szady, Andrew Arena, John S. Pistole, Pasquale D'Amuro, Thomas F. Lewis II, Mark A. Hilts
June 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3608
No relevant text.
June 18, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4241
This State Department cable provides talking points concerning informing foreign governments about the transfer of their citizens/nationals to Guantanamo after they were picked-up on the battle field of Afghanistan, and policy guidance for ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Brent E. Blaschke , JoAnn J. Dolan
June 18, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 6466
This document is a cover page of an FBI report regarding recommendations of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) during the on-site review process at GTMO. The recommendations are based on the prediction that the operations at GTMO regarding the ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Non-legal Memo
Behavioral Analysis Unit | Critical Incident Response Group
June 18, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 6720
This June 18, 2002 cable details the message that the interrogation team delivered to Abu Zubaydah, which is redacted, the interrogation techniques used on him and his reactions to them, and an assessment of his resistance posture. The cable ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Cable
Abu Zubaydah
SERE, Physical assault, Attention grasp, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity