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 2774

Summarizes information received regarding transfer of Guantanamo prisoners to Sheberghan and Pol-I-Charki prisons in Afghanistan. Describes May 9th meeting convened by Pierre Richard Prosper, US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes, at which ...

May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2786

Memorandum from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Counterterrorism division in Afghanistan. The memorandum describes a meeting at the United States Embassy in Kabul, held by the Ambassador at Large for the United States Commission on War ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Pierre-Richard Prosper
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2863

The document describes a meeting convened by Pierre Richard Prosper, Ambassador at Large, United States Commission on War Crimes. Prosper advised that some prisoners at Guantanamo would be moved to Afghanistan, while some would be moved to ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Pierre-Richard Prosper
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 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3077
Email regarding interview by DOD IG investigators on abuse allegations in Iraq.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Craig C. King | John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni, Craig C. King, Elaine N. Lammert
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3078
The author of the email states that 5/7/2004 he/she was interviewed by the Military Inspector General concerning abuse allegations at Guantanamo; the use of Military Police in conducting interviews of Detainees; or being aware of any abuse of ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni | John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington, Elaine N. Lammert
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3195
The email states that because of "issues that have developed regarding "interrogations" and detainee handling techniques used at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the developing interest in interrogation techniques at Guantanamo" the BAU members must ...