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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Aug. 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3238
FBI email re: Middle East Issue - FBI Conversation With AUSA James Candelmo, EDNC, Raleigh, NC. Contents redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
James A. Candelmo
Aug. 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5452
Document responds to request for information regarding treatment of detainees at GTMO (Counterterrorism Division, Guantanamo, Inspection Special Inquiry, Case ID # 297-HQ-A1327669-A); the responding agent, who traveled to Guantanamo "to primarily ...
July 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2905
FBI Email regarding gearing up to interview detainees at Guantanamo. The email states "The Bureau is gearing up for the arrival of long term personnel and identifying detainees with a Bureau nexus. Once these detainees are identified, they'll ...
July 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3529
Email updates recipient of the current environment in Guantanamo, during the author's assignment there, he/she has observed approximately twelve interrogations. He/she observed or learned of the following techniques being used by the Defense ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity, Other
July 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3534
Email updates recipient of the current environment in Guantanamo, during the author's assignment there, he/she has observed approximately twelve interrogations. He/she observed or learned of the following techniques being used by the Department ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity, Other
July 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1071
This is a follow-up medical exam for a 74 year-old detainee who alleges he was hit in the eye by coaliton forces two days prior to exam. Eye shows evidence of possible abuse. Referred to CID. CID# 0262-04-CID259-80294
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap
July 30, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1072
Male detainee reports he was struck in the head with the butt of a weapon by coalition forces. Face has markings that could be consistant with abuse. Referred to CID. CID #
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap
July 30, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2746

Refers to re: OLC opinion. All other info redacted.

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Teresa L. McHenry
David E. Nahmias | Barry Sabin | Laura Parsky
Teresa L. McHenry, David E. Nahmias, Barry Sabin, Laura H. Parsky
July 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3048
FBI agent details abuse of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Religious
July 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3126

Emails between Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, Patrick W. Kelley, and Others re: Combatant Status Review Tribunal in Guantanamo. Discusses status of the tribunal process for four enemy combatants; one e-mail notes disappointment ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Marion E. Bowman, Patrick W. Kelley, Donald H. Rumsfeld