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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FBI | ACLU-RDI 6247
The document is an information sheet that lists pages deleted from this FOIA release (FBI pages given to OIG).
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6246
The document includes Part 1 of the FBI Manual of Administrative Operations and Procedures (MAOP), which addresses activities and standards of conduct. The document includes information on ethics advice and training, personal conduct regulations, ...
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6245
The document details guidelines for conducting Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigations, including delegated investigation/adjudication cases (DIAs), delegated investigations (Dis), and non-delegated cases (NDs). The document ...
Feb. 18, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6244
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to communications between FBI employees and any other U.S. ...
June 15, 2011
Other
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, Patrick W. Kelley, Thomas J. Harrington
Nov. 16, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6243
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the use of counterproductive interrogation techniques on Guantanamo detainees by the Department of Homeland Security and the process by which the FBI may raise concerns to the Department of Defense.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Marion E. Bowman, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Frankie Battle
Nov. 19, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6242
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding interrogation techniques and strategies to be employed in interviews with Detainee #63 at Guantanamo Bay. The email details the parties participating in the development of the interrogation ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Judd Alan Gregg
Mohammed al Qahtani
Feb. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6241
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding an urgent report about special jurisdiction matters in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The report includes information about pending investigations into the use of highly aggressive interrogation ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Chris Swecker
Chris Swecker, Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Donald J. Ryder
Aug. 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6240
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a TRIM document that includes a recent report entitled "Ending Secret Detentions."
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Patrick W. Kelley, Marion E. Bowman, Thomas J. Harrington, Tracey North, John S. Pistole
Aug. 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6239
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a TRIM document received from ODAG McAtamney. The TRIM document is a memorandum regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees with pending habeas corpus proceedings.
June 15, 2011
Email
James A. McAtamney, Valerie E. Caproni, Patrick W. Kelley, Marion E. Bowman, Thomas J. Harrington, Tracey North, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Colin L. Powell
Jan. 24, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6238
A series of emails regarding whether or not the FBI has updated its responses to a Congressional Question for the Record (QFR) regarding the FBI's involvement with and knowledge of detainee treatment.
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Eleni P. Kalisch