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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Aug. 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3037
This email provides a reference to an FBI Electronic Communication (EC) that contains allegations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo. Mostly redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
Other
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3038
Email discusses a detainee's preliminary hearing and request for additional counsel.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle
Sept. 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3034
Concerns discussing an update on Guantanamo with SC Fogle. The email states "where are we with this? Do we need to get Mr. Thompson involved? I'd like to get these interviews done."
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Toni M. Fogle, Larry Thompson
Aug. 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3035
Email re: NCIS investigating allegations about physical abuse of a detainee when he was captured in Afghanistan or Pakistan by Americans dressed in black.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle
Physical assault
Sept. 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3032
Indicates an incident wherein a detainee at Guantanamo was the subject of a "Forced Cell Extraction". The email states "the incident described by the detainee matches up with an instance wherein the detainee was the subject of a Forced Cell ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Jay W. Hood
Other
Sept. 08, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3033
Emails between Valerie E. Caproni and John Curran re: NCIS request for documents.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran
June 04, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3030
FBI talking points re: Polices governing the FBI's participation in overseas interrogation. Heavily redacted.
Sept. 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3031
Emails between Valerie Caproni and John Curran re: NCIS request for documents on detainees
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3028
Contents Completely Redacted
June 06, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3029
FBI talking points memo re: Polices governing the FBI's participation in overseas interrogation. Heavily redacted.