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 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 827
Memo contains notes from a Procedure 15 interview of official conducted by George Fay and [redacted]. In the memo, the interviewee stated he arrived to AG in early November 2003 as an interrogator. Stated he had no knowledge of detainee abuse, ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, George R. Fay
Physical assault, Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1982
Inspector General's checklist - Blank
May 06, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2735
Email forwarding Ashcroft letter to the Criminal Division for review.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Julie Samuels | Peter B. Owen
Julie Samuels | William Moschella | Sean McLaughlin | Crystal Roberts | Dave Blake | Deborah Rhodes | John Richter | Rena Comisac | David E. Nahmias | Saundra M. Callier | Nancy Scottfinan | Jennifer Mingay
Julie E. Samuels, David E. Nahmias, Peter B. Owen, William E. Moschella, Sean McLaughlin, Crystal Roberts, John Richter, Rena Comisac, Deborah J. Rhodes
May 06, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2739
Fax cover sheet for a letter regarding Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The attached letter is redacted.
Oct. 15, 2004
Letter
Christopher A. Wray
William J. Haynes, II
William J. Haynes, II, Christopher A. Wray
May 06, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 2740

Two emails that are almost fully redacted, one of which includes an attachment entitled "Iraq_Detainees-AGRefers."

Oct. 15, 2004
Email
David E. Nahmias | Monica Gooding
Christopher A. Wray | Patrick Rowan | John Richter | Mark Corallo
Monica Gooding, Mark Corallo, David E. Nahmias, Christopher A. Wray, Patrick Rowan, John Richter
May 06, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2769
Refers to Talking Points on Iraq detainees. Mentions draft ("Iraq_Detainees-AG") with edits by Corallo and Ayres.
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Monica Gooding
David E. Nahmias | John Richter | Patrick Rowan | Christopher A. Wray | Mark Corallo
Monica Gooding, David E. Nahmias, John Richter, Patrick Rowan, Christopher A. Wray, Mark Corallo, David Ayres
May 06, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 2854
Document fully redacted.
May 06, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3206

In late 2002 and continuing into mid-2003, the Behavioral Analysis Unit raised concerns over interrogation tactics being employed by the U.S. military. As a result, this electronic communcation, dated 5/30/03, was generated summarizing the ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Physical assault, General
May 06, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3220
The memo discusses, in part, a request that the FBI take the lead in directing and referring this investigative matter to the FBI. It mentions that Patrick Sullivan agreed to prosecute the matter. Memo is significantly redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Michael P. Sullivan
May 06, 2004 | CRIM | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3221
The memo states its purpose to be to request SAC authority to open captioned full field investigation in to accusations that officials of the Executive branch are engaged in public corruption. It provides enclosure(s): (1) original and (2) one ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Thomas G. Kinnally, Kathleen E. Kennedy