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. 19, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6148
An email to an FBI official stating "Greetings from Mexico City" with a file attachment.
| ACLU-RDI 6147
The document is a slip sheet containing the project name "GTMO" (Guantanamo) and the document image key (OIG-INTV-001053).
Feb. 24, 2009 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6146
The document includes notes from interviews conducted with FBI personnel David Nahmias, regarding his knowledge about issues related to the treatment or interrogation of military detainees. He states that he regularly raised concerns about the ...
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
David E. Nahmias, Alice Fisher, Whit Cobb, Marshall Billingslea, Laura H. Parsky, Bruce Swartz, Stuart Levey, John B. Bellinger, III, Christopher A. Wray, Michael Chertoff, Larry Thompson, James B. Comey, John Ashcroft, Arthur M. Cummings, II, John S. Pistole, Robert S. Mueller, David N. Kelley
Moazzam Begg
Aug. 03, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6145
A negative response to an FBI inquiry into aggressive treatment of detainees and/or harsh techniques/interrogations by FBI agents at Guantanamo Bay.
Feb. 24, 2009 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6144
The document includes notes from interviews conducted with FBI personnel David Nahmias, regarding his role as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division as well as disputes between the FBI and the Department of Defense ...
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
David E. Nahmias, Alice Fisher, Christopher A. Wray, Michael Chertoff, John B. Bellinger, III, Bruce Swartz, Patrick Philbin, Laura H. Parsky, Stuart Levey
Mohammed al Qahtani
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6143
A considerably redacted two column chart with abbreviations on the side of one column. Handwritten information on the page includes: "GTMO"; "33 Responses"; "Second LIST."
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6142
FBI deleted page information sheet including one deleted page.
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6141
An email by an FBI agent regarding an observation of a non-FBI approved tactic being used on a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The FBI agent reports observing a detainee sitting on the floor of a room with an Israeli flag draped around him, loud ...
Aug. 30, 2004
Email
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Other
Feb. 24, 2009 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6140
The document includes notes from interviews conducted with FBI personnel Michael Chertoff, regarding his knowledge about FBI involvement in the use of legally questionable interrogation techniques for detainees as well as the role and interest ...
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Michael Chertoff, Pasquale D'Amuro, Robert S. Mueller, John Ashcroft, Larry Thompson, Jay S. Bybee, Condoleezza Rice, John B. Bellinger, III
Abu Zubaydah
July 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6139
This email includes a response to an FBI Inspection Division response request to all employees who observed aggressive treatment, interrogations or interview techniques during their time at Guantanamo Bay. This response states that an employee ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Email
Environmental manipulation, Temperature