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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Oct. 01, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3494
Email from FBI Official to FBI BAU/CASMIRC re: Update from Camp Delta, Guantanamo. Email states "Our work load has become a little too over-weighted with the DHS group. We had a couple of successes with that bunch and I think that they are our ...
Oct. 01, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 6342
The document is an email, regarding an update on Detainee #63. The email includes information on the most recent Interrogation Plan for the detainee.
June 15, 2011
Email
Frankie Battle
Mohammed al Qahtani
Oct. 02, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2928
Contents Completely Redacted
Oct. 02, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4018
This State Department cable is a set of talking points to address the issue of a cameraman who is allegedly detained at Guantanamo. The cable refers to two (2) letters; 1) September 16, 2002; and 2) June 4, 2002 from a redacted source asking the ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Cable
JoAnn J. Dolan, Ronald W. Miller, Eliana Davidson, Jonathan Scharfan, Ross Hyams
Oct. 03, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3401
This interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee states "the United States has an 'oppressive Government' because the Government is responsible for killing Muslims by indiscriminately 'bombing civilians."' He was advised ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Use of water, Other, Physical assault
Oct. 04, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3495
Email from FBI official providing an update on events at Guantanamo. The email states "Camp III's new completion date is 10/18/2002. Therefore, the next 'Air Flow,' ie new detainees being brought to GTMO from Afghanistan, is now projected for ...
Oct. 04, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6355
The document is part 13 of the Office of Inspector General 02/18/2005 request for documents, but the document is entirely redacted.
Oct. 07, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2929
Mention of postponing trip until "end of the month." Contents Completely Redacted.
Oct. 07, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3402
FBI notes on an interview with a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo. The detainee comments on his conditions and the other detainees. Detainee does not make any allegations of abuse or mis-treatment.
Oct. 07, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3403
Notes, Detainee refuses to answer any questions for his being mistreated. Guard records reflect that the detainee was being punished, which included removal of comfort items, to include sheets, hot meals, and all drinking cups. Detainee has ...