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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July 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4793

An email from an FBI agent responding to a question about alleged abuse at Guantanamo Bay. The agent stated that he was stationed at Guantanamo Bay from June 2, 2003 to July 17, 2004. During the agent's time at GTMO, he/she occasionally ...

Jan. 02, 2007
Email
Yussef Mohammed Mubarak al Shihri
Use of water, Other, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Other
July 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4896
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent states "In late ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Steven C. McCraw
Steven C. McCraw
Physical assault, Use of phobias, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Religious
July 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4900
FBI agent who toured through Camp Delta, Guantanamo states he did not participate in, nor did he observe any FBI personnel conduct any interviews that were aggressive or inconsistent with FBI protocols. The memo states "did not witness or observe ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Email
Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Other Humiliation, Religious
July 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4904
FBI Memo from FBI agent who toured through Camp Delta, Guantanamo. The Agent states that he did not observe or participate in any aggressive or inappropriate interviewing or techniques, however, he does recall hearing about a rumor, wherein a ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious
July 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4950
This memo is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent responds "I saw ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Email
Steven C. McCraw
Valerie E. Caproni
Steven C. McCraw, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Frankie Battle, Valerie E. Caproni
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Religious
July 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4957
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The agent stated "I did not ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Steven C. McCraw
Physical assault, Sexual, Other Humiliation, Religious
July 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3529
Email updates recipient of the current environment in Guantanamo, during the author's assignment there, he/she has observed approximately twelve interrogations. He/she observed or learned of the following techniques being used by the Defense ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity, Other
July 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3534
Email updates recipient of the current environment in Guantanamo, during the author's assignment there, he/she has observed approximately twelve interrogations. He/she observed or learned of the following techniques being used by the Department ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity, Other
July 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3044
Internal FBI email requesting agents who served at Guantanamo to submit reports on their observations if abuse of detainees, if any. One (1) agent submitted an abuse allegation.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Steven C. McCraw, Valerie E. Caproni
Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Religious, Other
July 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3048
FBI agent details abuse of detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Religious