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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May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2880
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
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2881
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 ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Frankie Battle | Arthur M. Cummings, II | Michael E. Dunlavey | Geoffrey D. Miller | Marion E. Bowman | Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Michael E. Dunlavey , Geoffrey D. Miller, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2882
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
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2883
FBI email describing training on rapport building based interview strategies at Ft. Huachuca, AZ in January 2003.
May 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2884
FBI emails regarding FBI disapproval of the Defense Department's outline of accepted interrogation techniques.
| ACLU-RDI 2885
Deleted page information sheet.
Mar. 10, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2886
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 ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Other
Asif Iqbal, Shafiq Rasul, Jamal Malik al Harith, Rhuhel Ahmed, Tarek Dergoul
Sleep deprivation, Temperature, Environmental manipulation
Jan. 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2887
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 | ACLU-RDI 2888
Contents Completely Redacted.
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2889
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