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 4902

Receipt of Original Notes. No Content.

Sept. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4903
FBI Note: Handwritten Notes from FBI Agent Touring Through Guantanamo. Related to ACLU RDI 4900 and ACLU RDI 4901.
Sept. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4910
An FBI agent assigned to Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay reported that he walked into a Camp Delta observation room and noticed a detainee in an interview room rubbing his leg due to possibly being placed in-a stress position. The detainee was wearing ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Stress positions
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
Sept. 16, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1809
This Army memo from Major General Robert Wilson, Commander of the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate Office at Ft. Carson, CO. is to transfer two (2) Court-Martial Cases to Ft. Hood TX for disposition. The document is heavily redacted as to the ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Sept. 16, 2004 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3839
Emails discuss the release of approximately one hundred and sixty Abu Ghraib detainees, and the expected release of over 250 the following week.
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Amanda C. Pilz
Cara L. Abercrombie | Joshua L. Dorosin | Robin Lerner | Ashley A. Larsen | Elizabeth H. Richard | Ronald W. Miller | Charles W. Dunne | Jonathan J. Carpenter | Rexon Y. Ryu
Amanda C. Pilz, Cara L. Abercrombie, Elizabeth H. Richard, Ronald W. Miller, Joshua L. Dorosin, Jonathan S. Carpenter, Rexon Y. Ryu, Monica J. Tillery, Frank E. Schmelzer , Robin Lerner, Ashley A. Larsen, Charles W. Dunne
Sept. 16, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6227
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding requests made by the NCIS for documents related to two specific detainees as well as information related to allegations of abuse.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Sept. 16, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6416
This document consists of FBI penalty guidelines, which are used to assess the proper penalty for various types of FBI misconduct. It features the an explanation and purpose of penalties, and then provides detailed instructions on different ...
Sept. 16, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6417
This document consists of FBI penalty guidelines, which are used to assess the proper penalty for various types of FBI misconduct. It features the an explanation and purpose of penalties, and then provides detailed instructions on different ...
Sept. 17, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 33
Investigation into a soldier accused of robbery and malingering after he stole 180,000 Iraqi Dinar from two homes during a patrol search and then shot himself in the foot after being informed that he would be recommended for disciplinary action ...