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 6188
A transcript of an interview with an FBI Special Agent who was part of an interviewing team at Guantanamo Bay. The transcript first notes that interviews in the evening were conducted by those who were gathering intelligence; the purpose of the ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious
Apr. 21, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4958

Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta, Guantanamo does not complain of his own treatment, but does relate a story he heard occurred at Guantanamo where a female interrogator removed her blouse, embraced the detainee from behind and put her hand ...

Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, Sexual, Threat, Assault/death, Other Humiliation, Sexual, 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
Aug. 16, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4951
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. After reading the agent's ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Steven C. McCraw
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, 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
Sept. 07, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4905
FBI Memo from FBI Investigative Analyst who toured through Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The Agent states that he did not have any substantive contact with Military Police or other U.S. government personnel at Guantanamo regarding detainee's ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Other Humiliation, Sexual, 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 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
Sept. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4901
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
Non-legal Memo
Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious
Sept. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4897
FBI memo detailing FBI agents experience and observations while touring Camp Delta, Guantanamo. This memo is related to ACLU RDI 4893, 4895 and 4896.
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Stephen R. Wiley
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Other Humiliation, Religious