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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These emails are personal messages between FBI agents, one stateside and one at Guantanamo. the one who is stateside received a call from a former AUSA from the Newark, NJ office who passes on warm regards to the agent at Guantanamo. The email ...
Deleted page information sheet that references "Detainees 2733-2736" and "Detainees 2753-2756."
The document contains two electronic communications that relate to Guantanamo (attachments not provided).
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Pasquale D'Amuro, Andrew Arena
Deleted Page Information Sheet
This FBI memo describes the workgroup that brings together Behavioral Analysis Unit personnel in order to incorporate their skills and experience in to a practical guide for personnel involved in conducting interviews of Al-Qaeda and Taliban ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle
Email from individual who indicates he is "TDY at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba," which has "a key and close working relationship with DOD, specifically JTF-170. DOD has designated JTF-170 as the command responsible for developing intelligence from the ...
Two emails from the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)'s Behavioral Assessment Unit (BAU) regarding a two-day BAU workshop November 5 and 6, 2003 re: interviewing extremists. First email indicates that the workshop is to take place at ...
Identities of sender and recipient redacted. Sender works for HQ and states that "EAD Pistole wants some talking points by noon today on the quality of DoD's interviews at GTMO. I am going to pull bullets from the attached EC. If you have any ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
John S. Pistole
Indicates that certain pages were "not considered for release as they are duplicative of Detainees 1261-1267." Reference number for these documents is "Detainees 2724-2730."
Printout of Newsday article (AP News) entitled "Guantanamo Returnees' Treatment Criticized." Gareth Peirce, who represented Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul, said that the Metropolitan Police mistreated the British men arrested upon their return to ...
Emails discussing sending FBI behavioral experts down to Guantanamo between FBI components Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG). Mention of General Miller's desire to have "behavioral experts in the mix, both ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
FBI emails regarding FBI disapproval of the Defense Department's outline of accepted interrogation techniques.
Deleted page information sheet.
FBI emails regarding the maintenance of rosters and records related to Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
J. Stephen Tidwell
Janice K. Fedarcyk, J. Stephen Tidwell, Frankie Battle
FBI email describing training on rapport building based interview strategies at Ft. Huachuca, AZ in January 2003.
Email states recient new article on CNN reported Gen. Karpinsky saying that Gen. Miller wanted to "Gitmoize" Abu Ghraib. The email also refers to article in Stars and Stripes news paper where Gen. Miller had said he believed in "rapport-building ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Geoffrey D. Miller
FBI email notifying employees to maintain emails and notes regarding Guantanamo due to developing interrogation issues. The email states "Given the issues that hive developed regarding "interrogation" and detainee handling techniques used at Abu ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
This FBI email mentions disagreements between the DOD and the FBI on how to handle interrogations of detainees at Guantanamo bay. The FBI is advising DOD on techniques that were ineffective in producing reliable intelligence. Email cites example ...
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 ...
Email regarding activities at Abu Ghraib Prison. Attachment contains Corrections made to the summary of an interview with Unit Chief about his knowledge of FBI personnel activities at Abu Ghraib Prisons between October and December 2003. The ...
Email forwarding a list of the U.S. military's approved coercive techniques for use in drafting guidelines for the FBI and a 2002 email to General Miller referencing accusations about interviews/interrogations.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
FBI Deleted Page Information sheet referencing a memorandum concerning interview strategies at Guantanamo (2693-2694) and a memorandum concerning legal issues regarding interrogation techniques (2695-2697).
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
Deleted page information sheet referencing an Electronic Communication from CIRG concerning assistance and challenges during TDY in Guantanamo (2620-2626), some DOD documents (2627-2648); and a draft document (CIRG at Guantanamo to Commanding ...
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
Email updating J. Stephen Tidwell and the redacted recipient on General Counsel Valerie Caproni's progress in providing information from Guantanamo interviews to the FBI Director Mueller.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
J. Stephen Tidwell
Janice K. Fedarcyk, J. Stephen Tidwell, Valerie E. Caproni, Robert S. Mueller
Memorandum from the FBI Counterterrorism Unit and the Military Liaison and Detainee Unit sent internally to the FBI Counterterrorism Unit. The contents are entirely redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
The document summarizes FBI work in Afghanistan. FBI duties include: "interview/interrogation [redacted] fingerprinting and photographing and DNA collection), training of DOD personnel in proper collection techniques, participation in [redacted] ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Robert S. Mueller
Deleted page information sheet that references "Detainees 1386-1388" and "Detainees 2605-2607."
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller's questions for the Military Liaison and Detainee Unit (MLDU) from his 05/20/2004 testimony. The contents are redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Notes
Robert S. Mueller
The document provides investigative and interview summaries for detainees. The document is fully redacted, except for the statement: "The FBI disagrees with DOD's recommendation of release [of the detainee] and recommends transfer for continued ...
The document discusses the new division of labor between GTMO CITF, which will run tribunals, and the FBI, which will concentrate on interrogation. The author observes that "detainees are all extremely frustrated about being asked the same ...

The document describes a meeting convened by Pierre Richard Prosper, Ambassador at Large, United States Commission on War Crimes. Prosper advised that some prisoners at Guantanamo would be moved to Afghanistan, while some would be moved to ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Pierre-Richard Prosper
The document recommends one of three options for what to do with detainees: releasing detainees, transferring detainees for continued detention, or keeping detainees in US DOD controlled detention. While the document is heavily redacted, in ...
The document is a response to a request from the DOD, Criminal Investigation Task Force that the FBI Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) conduct a records check of detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. ML&DU "conducted a ...
The document is a response to the DOJ, Office of Assistant Attorney General request for FBI comments on detainees set to appear before the Transfer Review Board. The Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) provides (almost fully redacted) ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Patrick Rowan
Patrick Rowan
The document is a response to a request from the DOD, Criminal Investigation Task Force that the FBI Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) conduct a records check of detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. ML&DU "conducted a ...
The document is a response to a request from the DOD, Criminal Investigation Task Force that the FBI Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) conduct a records check of detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. ML&DU "conducted a ...
The document is a response to a request by the DOJ, Office of Assistant Attorney General for FBI comments on detainees appearing before Transfer Review Board. Though the document is heavily redacted, the DOJ's Military Liaison & Detainee Unit ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio
The document is a response to a DOD, Criminal Investigation Task Force request for the FBI Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) to conduct a records check of detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. The document is heavily ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio
The document is a response to a DOD, Criminal Investigation Task Force request for the FBI Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) to conduct a records check of detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. The document is heavily ...
Document fully redacted.
The document reiterates existing FBI policy that, "FBI personnel may not obtain statements during interrogations by the use of force, threats, physical abuse, threats of such abuse or severe physical conditions." It also states that abuses should ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
John S. Pistole, Valerie E. Caproni
Deleted page information sheets.
FBI list of interviewees and dates of interviews at Abu Ghraib Prison from Oct. 2, 2003 through Nov. 22, 2003.
Deleted page information sheet.
Email thread discussing possibility of FBI abuse at Abu Ghraib. One email says "Bottom line is FBI personnel have not been involved in any methods of interrogation that deviate from our policy [redacted]. The specific guidance we have given has ...
FBI handwritten notes regarding legal issues and interrogation of detainees.
Suggested modifications re FBI Bureau's structure and presence in Afghanistan, including focus, training, equipment, and staffing (content redacted). Author of memo has been FBI On-Scene-Commander (OSC) since 02/11/2004.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle