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. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6318
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding a mission overview of the FBI's operations in Afghanistan. The memorandum also includes information on detainee interviews, specialized military operations support, and training provision for ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Willie T. Hulon, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Frankie Battle
Jan. 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6317
The document is a sworn statement from a redacted entity regarding two incidents at the Abu Ghurayb Prison which involved the use of dogs to intimidate and injure detainees.
Jan. 27, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6316
The document is a sworn statement from a redacted entity regarding two incidents at the Abu Ghurayb Prison which involved the use of dogs to intimidate and injure detainees.
Jan. 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6315
The document is a translated statement from a detainee at Abu Ghraib who describes being bitten twice by a dog and subsequently kicked and hit in the face by an American soldier.
May 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6314
The document includes handwritten notes describing the interrogations of Detainees #63 and #682 as well as the tensions between the FBI and the military at Guantanamo Bay.
June 15, 2011
Notes
Mohammed al Qahtani, Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi
May 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6313
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding potential examinations of the FBI's role and involvement in detainee abuses alleged at Abu Ghurayb Prison.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle
Jan. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6312
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the legitimacy of allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghurayb Prison and the FBI's potential involvement in the Criminal Investigative Division (CID) investigation of these allegations.
June 15, 2011
Email
Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Thomas J. Harrington, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Ricardo Sanchez
Dec. 04, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6311
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding legal issues in Guantanamo Bay, specifically interrogation techniques, and the FBI's participation.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Dec. 03, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6310
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding legal issues in Guantanamo Bay, specifically interrogation techniques. The author of the email, Marion Bowman, states that the FBI does not approve of the harsh interrogation techniques being used ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Marion E. Bowman, Pasquale D'Amuro, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Robert S. Mueller
Dec. 17, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6309
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding legal issues in Guantanamo Bay, specifically interrogation techniques.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Marion E. Bowman