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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Email between FBI officials [names redacted] discussing an 'FBI Supervisory Ruse." The official states that he/she was advised to speak to General Geoffrey D. Miller regarding the matter, but instead chose to speak to [redacted]. There is a ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Emails discuss the Department of Defenses' recent release of documents, the documents apparently explained the types of interrogation techniques the U.S. employed in Guantanamo. However, the documents are being criticized as insufficient. The ...
Email exchanges concerning clearance for Q&A for D on release of torture documents "in case arises in context of Iraq testimony".
This document is a FBI Situation Report for FBI Detachment in Afghanistan (6/23/04). It contains logistical information about FBI presence as well as detainee information, summaries of detainee interviews, and updates about FBI missions ...
This June 23, 2004 memo from Jack Goldsmith (OLC) to Scott W. Muller (General Counsel of the CIA) is a response to Muller's question of whether a redacted "terrorist operative" is a "protected person" and whether his [redacted] would violate the ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Legal Memo
Jack Goldsmith
Scott Muller
Jack L. Goldsmith, Scott W. Muller
This June 23, 2004 memo from Jack Goldsmith (OLC) to Scott W. Muller (General Counsel of the CIA) is a response to Muller's question of whether a redacted "terrorist operative" is a "protected person" and whether his [redacted] would violate the ...
Aug. 31, 2016
Legal Memo
Jack Goldsmith
Scott Muller
Scott W. Muller, Jack L. Goldsmith
The Division Chief, Personal Crimes Department of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service discusses manpower needs at Guantanamo and Iraq and case theory behind investigations, and states "We've held off initiating any action pending the ...
Interviewee was able to ID a Captain who was alleged to have committed abuse. Interviewee stated "[a]s a professional jailer for eleven years, the conduct and treatment of the prisoners were not to standards." [Handwritten, but legible]
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, General
This statement by a Sergeant simply states "On June 24, 2004, I identified Capt. [redacted] from a photo-spread provided to me as being the unknown Captain described in my January 20, 2004 statement to CID Agent [redacted]. This is the Captain ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, General
In response to increased attention to detainee conditions in U.S. government and media the Army instituted reforms on handling and detainees and reporting any abuse. The document consists of several "Executive Summary’s" that detail the issues ...
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Donald J. Ryder, George R. Fay, James R. Schlesinger