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 3526
FBI list of documents received from SA [redacted]. Contents redacted.
June 18, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3527
Memo synopsis indicates that the memo discusses the CIRG/BAU's assessment of the interview process in GTMO. Also, it reads that the has a "Copy of a Letterhead Memorandum (LHM), suitable for dissemination to outside agencies" enclosed.
Feb. 06, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Pasquale D'Amuro | John S. Pistole | Andrew Arena | Cassandra M. Chandler | Thomas F. Lewis II | David W. Szady | Kenneth H. Senser
Kenneth H. Senser, Cassandra M. Chandler, David W. Szady, Andrew Arena, John S. Pistole, Pasquale D'Amuro, Thomas F. Lewis II, Mark A. Hilts
Sept. 01, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 3523
Memo discusses a need to travel to an unknown part of Iraq in order to interview unknown individual(s). Contents redacted.
Aug. 24, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3524
Email discusses detainee abuse investigation and an earlier phone conversation, where information concerning an unidentified detainee detention facility was discussed. Contents mostly redacted.
Aug. 24, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3525
Emails discuss the submission of documents detailing specific information concerning [redacted]. One email reads " this is what started the whole thing." The emails include a sworn statement. Contents redacted.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email, Interview
Toni M. Fogle
Toni M. Fogle
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3521
This is an FBI Case Notes report. The agent who compiled the notes titled it: Afghanistan Torture Case, with the following entry legible " In a case referred to DOJ by Army CID [redacted] contract interpreter who may or may not be a U.S. Citizen, ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Notes
Alex J. Turner, Robert A. Spencer
Aug. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3522
Emails are redacted, but some discuss the establishment of a joint investigative strategy.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Charles J. Cunningham
Charles J. Cunningham
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3518

Emails discuss the postponement of a meeting.

Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Laura M. Laughlin
Kathleen E. Kennedy | Chris Swecker | Valerie E. Caproni | Joseph R. Lewis | Thomas G. Kinnally
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas G. Kinnally, Joseph R. Lewis, Chris Swecker, Laura M. Laughlin, Kathleen E. Kennedy
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3519
FBI Memo states that the FBI HQ received a phone call from an individual advising the Unit Chief that he had returned to the U.S. and the caller was under the impression that he may be wanted by the FBI for questioning. The memo is otherwise ...
Aug. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3520
Entire contents redacted.