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.
Email between FBI Officials on the Law Rnforcement On-line system with an update on detainee operation in Iraq, May 23, 2004. Email includes detailed notes and photographs describing the conditions of Camp Bucca, Iraq. The agent provides an ...
E-mail between [redacted] to [redacted] re: Revised Draft of EC & Enclosures. Email states a revised draft of the EC and two enclosures are attached. The revised draft of the EC and one of the attachments is classified as SECRET.
Emails between FBI IOfficials concerning news from Iraq over Abu Ghraib prison. There is a reference to photos and awaiting a response from an unidentified Special Agent re his whereabouts when he was present at Abu Ghraib Prison.
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 ...
Email between Valerie Caproni and other FBI Officials with the message: "and/or Valerie - Attached an "insert" on the follow up interview Let me know if you think it suffices." No attachment included.
E-mail between [redacted], Valerie Caproni and others [redacted] re: Post report.
Reply Email between [redacted], Valerie Caproni and others [redacted]; original message from: Valerie Caproni; to: Cassandra Chandler, Eleni Kalisch, Kenneth ...
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 ...
E-mails between Steven C. McCraw and others re: "Abu Ghurayb Prison (AGP) Matter." The original message informs Steven C. McCraw that the individual(s) followed up with Valerie Caproni and she advises that there are no additional interviews that ...
E-mail between[redacted] (Div 10) (FBI) to [redacted] (INSD) (FBI), and Valerie E. Caproni re: FW News from Iraq.
Email discusses a follow up interview; awaiting a response from an unidentified SA regarding his/her exact location while at ...
Handwritten FBI notes regarding military personnel behavior at Abu Ghraib prison. Includes accounts of humiliation. [Documents are handwritten, slightly illegible].
This FBI memo concerns the activities of FBI personnel at Abu Ghraib prison from October 2003 to December 2003. The FBI conducted 15 interviews of military personnel, each being present at Abu Ghraib prison at some point during October 2003 & ...
FBI Memo re: Inexorable request country clearance concurrence for FBI personnel traveling to Afghanistan from 22 May through 28 May 2003. In response to a request from the US Department of State (DOS), the FBI will conduct an advance of the ...
FBI Memo Counterterrorism to Counterterrorism Tampa (Iraqi task force and SA [name redacted] re: to set lead for the Iraqi Task Force to conduct queries about the significance and/or meaning of a tattoo observed on an Iraqi POW.
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FBI interview of detainee at Kandahar holding facility at Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan. An unnamed detainee was interviewed by unidentified FBI Special Agents. During the interview, the detainee stated that he did not espouse anti-American ...
FBI Letterhead Memo (LHM) in response to DoD (CITF) (RFA)- FBI agents' interview of an unnamed detainee who recalls being at the Qala-e-Jangi prison facility during the prison uprising against US Forces. Identified several individuals in the ...
FBI Interview of Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detainee. Detainee described as uncooperative during several interviews. In one instance, detainee slammed his head against his cell door in an attempt to injure himself, becoming unconscious and ...
FBI Memo to the Department of Defense stating that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interviewed a detainee at Fleet Hospital of Camp X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay. Contents heavily redacted.
Detainee describes being arrested near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan by U.S. military and brought to Qali-Jangi prison, where he was wounded during the prison uprising. Provided information during interview [Information is redacted].
This FBI memo condenses an interview conducted with a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee related his experience when captured in Afghanistan, including seeing an American (supposedly John Walker Lindh) while in detention. He ...
FBI interview of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Detainee stated he would not discuss any training he received; that he has seen Usama bin Laden (presumably in Afghanistan); and that he believed the U.S. was supporting the Northern ...
FBI interview of Camp Delta detainee. Detainee recounts beatings and torture he experienced and witnessed at Sarpooza (AKA Sarposa) prison in Afghanistan. Detainee is shown pictures and told of the extent of the attack on the World Trade Center. ...
Detainee describes the Qala-i-Jangi prision uprising outside Mazar-e-Sharif, Nov. 25 - Dec. 1, 2001. Detainee state that he was shot, but does not know by whom.
FBI Interview of Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detainee. The unidentified detainee recounts being imprisoned at Mazar e Sharif prison with Uzbek, Pakistani and Arab prisoners. Recalls two Americans being present, also recalls being in the ...
FBI interview of Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detainee. The detainee interrogation took place from 8:00 am to 5:00pm. Detainee was offered water and food but declined, said he was fasting. Detainee was shown FBI photo book of terrorists and ...
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee describes the prison uprising at Qala-i-Jangi Prision outside Mazar-E-Sharif between Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, 2001 where he witnessed several prisioners and one American killed. The ...
Detainee describes Qala-i-Jangi prison uprising outside Mazar-e-Sharif, Nov. 25 - Dec. 1, 2001. Detainee states he was shot, but does not state by whom.
Summary of Interview of detainee detainee at Kandahar, Afghanistan. Detainee states he was once held in "Cuban Prision", presumably Guantanamo, but released in prisioner exchange
Detainee was interviewed on April 1, 2002 regarding the Qala-i-Jangi prison uprising, Nov. 25 - Dec. 1, 2001. He states that an explosion happened in the prision basement, maybe from a grenade, where he and many other prisoners were kept. He ...
Summary of Interview of detainee detainee at Kandahar, Afghanistan. Detainee states he was once held in "Cuban Prision", presumably Guantanamo, but released in prisioner exchange.
Documentation of detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee complained that his health was getting worse, but stated a doctor had seen him.
reports results of interview conducted of detainee at Bagram Control Point, Bagram, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee stated that he did not have knowledge of Usama Bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed or Al Qaeda because no one is allowed to speak inside ...
Interview with detainee questioning him how he knew or was aware of Ramzi Yousef (1993 World Trade Center Bombing) and Amal Kansi (1993 shooter of CIA HQ in Langley, VA). He also indicated that he has a pending case in another country when he is ...
Documents detainee interview at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.ÿ Detainee mentions that he is only allowed to use the bathroom every six hours, which hinders his water intake, requests to be moved back to "general population".
Requests Language Services translate a document which contains the names of 66 pakistani detainees who were released from Sheberghan prison identified as potentially posing a threat.