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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May 28, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2523
Discusses a meeting that took place regarding an AR 15-6 investigation concerning incidents of detainee abuse at Radwaniya Palace, Iraq. Topics of discussion included: "four investigation files into significant incidents" at THFs, including two ...
May 28, 2004 | CRIM | ACLU-RDI 2716
Email from Peter B. Owen requests estimated time of arrival of Iraq talking points from recipients. Reply from Patrick Rowan attaches two drafts (MEJA jurisdiction and Prison Abuse).
Oct. 15, 2004
Email
Patrick Rowan
Peter B. Owen | Bruce Swartz | Adam Isles | Julie Samuels | David Nahmias | Rena Comisac | William Moschella | Crystal Roberts
Peter B. Owen, William E. Moschella
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3055
Answer to a question posed in earlier meeting re: FBI questioning detainee. Contents heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
John F. Curran
John F. Curran, John S. Pistole, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, M. Chris Briese
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3057
Preparation of Gary M. Bald for testimony before the House Permenant Select Committee on Intelligence on Iraqi prisoners, including detainee interrogations.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Arthur M. Cummings, II | Frankie Battle | M. Chris Briese
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Gary M. Bald, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3107
Emails concerning a briefing paper on FBI role in interrogations. Email discusses a DOJ prep meeting and needing the briefing paper before that meeting. One email states "If, during the conduct of any interview, events occur that, in the opinion ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John F. Curran | Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3228
FBI notes. Non-descript information on Page 8 that states "On or about 5/28/2004 FBIHQ/CTW Unit Chief reported the receipt of a telephone call from [redacted] [who] advised [the] UC he returned to the United Stales. [Redacted] also advised he was ...
May 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4283
Email between Jeremy Caddel, John Gastright re: outstanding detainee cables. The comments from Mr. Caddel to Mr. Gastright are "All, Attached is a short cable to Kabul requesting reply to a couple of detainee cables that are outstanding. Request ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
John A. Gastright
Jeremy D. Caddel
John A. Gastright, Jeremy D. Caddel, Stewart M. Patrick, William B. Taylor, Patricia M. Haslach, Ronald W. Miller, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Torkel L. Patterson
May 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4284
Email between Ronald W. Miller Jeremy Caddel, John Gastright re: outstanding detainee cables. The comments from Mr. Caddel to Mr. Gastright are "All, Attached is a short cable to Kabul requesting reply to a couple of detainee cables that are ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Ronald W. Miller
Jeremy D. Caddel
Ronald W. Miller, Jeremy D. Caddel, William B. Taylor, Patricia M. Haslach, John A. Gastright, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Stewart M. Patrick, Torkel L. Patterson
May 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4285
Email between Patricia M. Haslach, Jeremy Caddel, John Gastright re: outstanding detainee cables. The comments from Mr. Caddel to Mr. Gastright are "All, Attached is a short cable to Kabul requesting reply to a couple of detainee cables that are ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Patricia M. Haslach
Jeremy D. Caddel
Patricia M. Haslach, William B. Taylor, Ronald W. Miller, John A. Gastright, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Stewart M. Patrick, Torkel L. Patterson, Jeremy D. Caddel
May 28, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4286
Email between Patricia M. Haslach, Jeremy Caddel, John Gastright re: outstanding detainee cables. The comments from Mr. Caddel to Mr. Gastright are "All, Attached is a short cable to Kabul requesting reply to a couple of detainee cables that are ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Email
Patrick M. Stewart
Jeremy D. Caddel
Stewart M. Patrick, Jeremy D. Caddel, William B. Taylor, Patricia M. Haslach, Ronald W. Miller, John A. Gastright, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Torkel L. Patterson