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 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3070
Email discusses a New York Times article re: FBI role in Iraq after sovereignty is turned back over to the Iraqis; the FBI to assist the Iraqi tribunal; and if Saddam Hussein is being held by the FBI. Author notes that to his/her knowledge, ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni
John F. Curran, Valerie E. Caproni
May 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3071
Valerie Caproni is asking if there have been any inquiries concerning the treatment of detainees. The respondent states only two (2), but more may come in.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
May 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3072
Valerie Caproni is trying to schedule a meeting with the recipient. The email states "I am trying to get together the facts on our knowledge of treatment of detainees for the Director. We need to talk today so I can tie down one piece of what we ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
May 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3073
M. Chris Briese sent an email stating "All, The Director wanted to know (by the end of the day) if anyone from the FBI had first-hand knowledge of any abuses at Abu Ghraib prison. If so, how did we handle it. I know that we have been made aware ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
M. Chris Briese
Edward H. Lueckenhoff | Thomas V. Fuentes | Chris Swecker | Frankie Battle | Gary M. Bald | Thomas J. Harrington
M. Chris Briese, Chris Swecker, Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Thomas V. Fuentes, Frankie Battle, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Steven C. McCraw
May 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3074

Preparations for The Director's Senate Judiciary hearing on 5/20/04 Concerning the Treatment of Prisoners, i.e. Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Kenneth L. Wainstein
Valerie E. Caproni
Kenneth L. Wainstein, Valerie E. Caproni, Robert S. Mueller, John S. Pistole, Eleni P. Kalisch, Paul K. Martin, Frank Wolf
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3075
This email contains a request for a list of personnel who were deployed to Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, particularly "that prison" in Iraq in late 2003. A list is provided, but is heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Gary M. Bald | Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole, Arthur M. Cummings, II, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3076
Email is to prepare the Director for an up-coming congressional hearing on Torture allegations, and if anyone was made aware of any such allegations. Bowman states that the matter was sent to SAC in Miami and CT. In addition it states that ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Kenneth L. Wainstein
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 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3079

This email is collecting a list of FBI agents who toured through Iraq in 2003, and obtaining statments from them concerning their understanding of FBI interrogation procedures for detainees.

Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni | Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Thomas M. Powers, Thomas V. Fuentes, Chris Swecker, Edwin L. Worthington, Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Marion E. Bowman, Michael J. Folmar