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.
Email states "Mr Harrington - FBI-GTMO reviewed the MM and HQ control files this morning. The only document we found that is pertinent to the issues under review is the 5130103 EC, dratted by SSA [redacted] of the Behavioral Assessment Units ...
Responds to request from Section Chief to Unit Chiefs on 9/23/2004, stating that all FBIHQ divisions are requested to search e-mails, work copies and investigative notes in connection with the FOIA application. Lists responsive documents.
FBI Notes re: Documents Provided to SSA, FBI While Assigned to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Between April-May 2002 and November-December 2003. Contents redacted.
Email to Frankie Battle in response to an email sent by the NCAVC. The author states that this email contains two (2) EC's and they have sent the "main email to both the Miami Division and Counterterrorism". The author also states that they have ...
Email appears to be personal email to FBI personnel from an unknown sender. Subject: "hello, FBI-Guy" and "the letter". Contents redacted except for "I'll be in at 10:30 Friday morning. I'll check around to see if you're still here at that time."
Memo from Inspection to Counterterrorism re: Inquiry re Activities of FBI Personnel at Abu Ghraib Prison during Oct 2003 - December 2003. the memo states "Synopsis: Provid e summa of the results of 14 interviews conducted to date by the summary ...
FBI Memo re: Objectives for the scheduled deployment of FBI personnel to Guantanamo.
Memo is from Counter terrorism to Counter terrorism. [Initial document is completely redacted, with exception to the paragraph titles].
The second memo ...
Email discusses a New York Times front page article describing the role of the FBI in Iraq after the turnover of sovereignty. The email specifically disputes that Saddam is being held as a "High Value Detainee" by the FBI. It states that he is ...
E-mail between [redacted] to [redacted] re: Revised Draft of EC & Enclosures. Email states a revised draft of the EC and two enclosures are attached. The revised draft of the EC and one of the attachments is classified as SECRET.
Email refers to request by TJ Harrington to speak to General Miller regarding the impersonation of FBI interrogators and requests specific dates and details.
[Page 2 of this document was later released in less-redacted form, and is ...
Email questioning the correctness of using of non-FBI personal to impersonate FBI agents when interviewing detainees at Guantanamo. The email states "When I was in the unit in December, I thought we agreed to take everything out of the EC that ...
An FBI memo about activities of FBI personnel at Abu Ghraib prison during October 2003 - December 2003. Memo is addressed to: T.J. Harrington, Deputy Assistant Director, Operational Support- Counterterrorism Division; [redacted], Special ...
FBI Memo re: Inexorable request country clearance concurrence for FBI personnel traveling to Afghanistan from 22 May through 28 May 2003. In response to a request from the US Department of State (DOS), the FBI will conduct an advance of the ...
Emails discussed possible abuse in Abu Grarib prison. M.C. Briese stated he did not witness any mistreatment, however, stated Abu Graib was understaffed. Also, referred Caproni to CJIS and HRT management, explaining those offices spent a great ...
This FBI memo condenses an interview conducted with a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee related his experience when captured in Afghanistan, including seeing an American (supposedly John Walker Lindh) while in detention. He ...
The document summarizes FBI work in Afghanistan. FBI duties include: "interview/interrogation [redacted] fingerprinting and photographing and DNA collection), training of DOD personnel in proper collection techniques, participation in [redacted] ...
Request for a draft of policy recommendations, training recommendations, and implementation recommendations for FBI agents engaging in interviews at Guantanamo. The email implies that discrepancies between Department of Homeland Security and FBI ...
Email regarding FBI preparations for a more permanent presence at Guantanamo. The email states "Things are in transition as the FBI prepares for a more permanent presence. I believe we must give serious consideration to pulling NCAVC people out ...
This FBI memo concerns the activities of FBI personnel at Abu Ghraib prison from October 2003 to December 2003. The FBI conducted 15 interviews of military personnel, each being present at Abu Ghraib prison at some point during October 2003 & ...
FBI email notifying employees to maintain emails and notes regarding Guantanamo due to developing interrogation issues. The email states "Given the issues that hive developed regarding "interrogation" and detainee handling techniques used at Abu ...
FBI electronic communication from Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) providing management protocol for personnel temporarily assigned to Guantanamo. Contents almost completely redacted.
FBI email describing author's first week at Guantanamo. The email notes the differences between interview styles. The email states "Interesting differences' between the interviewees, as well as interview styles. And definitely areas where I ...
This series of emails discusses the addition of ATF agents in the interrogation of Guantanamo detainees. it also lays out the new interrogation plan of assigning specific detainees to agents for a continuous interrogation relationship.