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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June 18, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 6008
The document is a letter from the Defense Intelligence Agency, regarding the service and honorable discharge of a Marine whose name has been redacted.
Feb. 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6007
The document is an internal FBI email sent from Eleni Kalisch to the Executive Secretariat, regarding overdue correspondence and Senator Feinstein's 2004 letter.
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Executive Secretariat
Eleni P. Kalisch, Dianne Feinstein, Robert S. Mueller
Aug. 31, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6006
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a request for any letters or documents provided by the FBI in response to a letter from Senator Feinstein to Director Mueller concerning documents that had been released to the ACLU.
Email
Dianne Feinstein, Robert S. Mueller, Eleni P. Kalisch
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6005
A response by an FBI official to another FBI official providing requested advice regarding alleged accusations of prisoner abuse being made against two FBI agents. The official clarifies that the two agents were not accused of prisoner abuse, but ...
Sept. 06, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6004
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically minutes, notes, memoranda, and other documents from any ...
Aug. 29, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6003
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the Office of Inspector General's review of the detainee issues and its request for documents pertaining to possible detainee abuse.
Email
FBI General Counsel
Valerie E. Caproni
Oct. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6001
The document is a memorandum summarizing the results of the 10/26/04 debriefing of a previous Iraq Deployment On-Scene Commander (OSC) and two Deputy On-Scene Commanders and recommendations for future Iraq deployments. The topics of discussion ...
Non-legal Memo
Counterterrorism Division
Counterterrorism Division
Frankie Battle, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Willie T. Hulon, M. Chris Briese
July 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6000
The document is a statement for the record for FBI Executive Assistant Director John Pistole before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The statement discusses FBI interrogation needs and techniques for counterterrorism efforts ...
Interview (Statement)
John S. Pistole, Porter Goss, Jane Harman
July 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5999
Two emails between FBI agents regarding FBI agents who are listed as witnesses in an internal investigation because they had some sort of contact with a prisoner making allegations of abuse. The Army was informed that they would be available for ...
Sept. 06, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5998
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically Department of Defense forms signed by FBI agents prior to ...