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An unidentified individual informed the FBI Sacramento Field Office of numerous physical abuse incidents of Iraqi civilian detainees he/she observed in Iraq. The individual described that such abuses included strangulation, beatings, placement ...
This email contains a request for a list of personnel who were deployed to Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, particularly "that prison" in Iraq in late 2003. A list is provided, but is heavily redacted.

Preparations for The Director's Senate Judiciary hearing on 5/20/04 Concerning the Treatment of Prisoners, i.e. Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

FBI email regarding a proposed Electronic Communication (EC) memo dealing with the treatment of detainees. Heavily redacted.
Identities of sender and recipient redacted. Sender works for HQ and states that "EAD Pistole wants some talking points by noon today on the quality of DoD's interviews at GTMO. I am going to pull bullets from the attached EC. If you have any ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
John S. Pistole

Memo from FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni to all field office personnel reiterates FBI policy that "no attempt be made to obtain a statement by force, threats, or promises."  Approved by John S. Pistole and Valerie E. ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Legal Memo
Valerie E. Caproni
John S. Pistole, Valerie E. Caproni
The document reiterates existing FBI policy that, "FBI personnel may not obtain statements during interrogations by the use of force, threats, physical abuse, threats of such abuse or severe physical conditions." It also states that abuses should ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
John S. Pistole, Valerie E. Caproni
This memo is describing the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) On-Site Assessment of Interview Process at Guantanamo in 2002. It notes that other U.S. government entities have conducted behavioral assessments at Guantanamo. Enclosed is a BAU ...
Email thread discussing possibility of FBI abuse at Abu Ghraib. One email says "Bottom line is FBI personnel have not been involved in any methods of interrogation that deviate from our policy [redacted]. The specific guidance we have given has ...
This email concerns preparing for an upcoming House Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence hearing and preparation of the testimony to be given. One of the emails in this chain states "We didn't actually interview (redacted detainee) at Camp Echo ...