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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Dec. 16, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6308
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding information about the Counterterrorism Law Unit II ("CTLU II").
June 15, 2011
Email
Julie F. Thomas
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Julie F. Thomas
Dec. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6034
The document is a heavily redacted daily situation report from the Iraqi Task Force, detailing personnel numbers and status as well as a variety of figures related to detainees during the reporting period - including captures, transfers, and ...
Dec. 14, 2004 | WH | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5828
CIA Routing Slip re: Memo from Gregory L. Schulte, of the National Security Counsel, regarding the agenda and discussion paper for the December 16, 2004 Principles Committee Meeting on Detainees. The meeting will be held 10:30-11:30 in the White ...
Mar. 11, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Gregory L. Schulte
Dec. 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6033
The document is a heavily redacted daily situation report from the Iraqi Task Force, detailing personnel numbers and status as well as a variety of figures related to detainees during the reporting period - including captures, transfers, and ...
Dec. 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6026
The document is a memorandum of understanding between the FBI and two redacted parties regarding the parties' desire to physically collate [redacted] automated biometric identification system within the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services ...
Dec. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5006

Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.

Dec. 13, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Dec. 13, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 5007

Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.

Dec. 13, 2004
Letter, Judicial
Margaret P. Grafeld
Margaret P. Grafeld
Dec. 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6185
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a Monday, December 13, 2004 DCI briefing. The email includes a brief synopsis of the information presented at that meeting, including updates from Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Spain.
Jan. 15, 2010
Email
Robert S. Mueller
Robert S. Mueller, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Willie T. Hulon, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Joseph M. Demarest, Jr.
Dec. 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6032
The document is a heavily redacted daily situation report from the Iraqi Task Force, detailing personnel numbers and status as well as a variety of figures related to detainees during the reporting period - including captures, transfers, and ...
Dec. 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6220
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the imminent release of a letter written by Thomas Harrington on the treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
June 15, 2011
Email
Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman