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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Sept. 07, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6188
A transcript of an interview with an FBI Special Agent who was part of an interviewing team at Guantanamo Bay. The transcript first notes that interviews in the evening were conducted by those who were gathering intelligence; the purpose of the ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious
July 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6187
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an update on two prisoner abuse cases that are pending.
Jan. 15, 2010
Email
Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Valerie E. Caproni, Robert A. Spencer
Sept. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6186
The document is an internal FBI memorandum from the Records Management Division, regarding the search and collection of all systems for information concerning any and all foreign detainees in U.S. custody held outside the United States from ...
Dec. 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6185
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a Monday, December 13, 2004 DCI briefing. The email includes a brief synopsis of the information presented at that meeting, including updates from Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Spain.
Jan. 15, 2010
Email
Robert S. Mueller
Robert S. Mueller, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Willie T. Hulon, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Joseph M. Demarest, Jr.
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6184
The document is an FBI memorandum that has been heavily redacted. The memorandum includes information about the Department of Defense Joint Task Forces, the Joint Interagency Interrogation Facility (JIIF), and five issues for consideration - ...
Aug. 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6183
An email by FBI Agent containing a positive response to observing aggressive treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The email notes that the agent saw, "at least two individuals dressed in BDU's standing and an inmate kneeling on the floor ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Physical assault, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 20, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 6182
The document is a transcript of proceedings from the United States Senate's Committee on the Judiciary. The transcript is a record of FBI Director Robert Mueller's statement regarding FBI oversight, terrorism and other topics.
Jan. 15, 2010
Interview (Transcript)
Robert S. Mueller, Orrin Hatch, Charles E. Grassley, Arlen Specter, Jeff Sessions, John Cornyn, Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Russell Dana Feingold, Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Frank James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Sept. 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6181
Transcript of interview with FBI Special Agent who previously worked as a Case Agent tasked to participate in detainee interviews at Guantanamo Bay. The Agent purportedly never participated in any aggressive treatment, interrogations or interview ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Interview (Transcript)
Stress positions
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6180
The document is an information sheet that lists pages deleted from this FOIA release (FBI pages given to OIG).
Sept. 07, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6179
Transcript of interview with an FBI Investigative Analyst (IA) who formerly worked as a liaison between the FBI and the U.S. military during their temporary duty assignment at Guantanamo Bay. The IA was not a member of any interview or ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Interview (Transcript)
Other Humiliation, Sexual