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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FBI | ACLU-RDI 2843

Content entirely redacted.

Jan. 08, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2844

This email contains the following headings:"Interview/Interrogation Considerations," "Observations," "Recommendations," and "Additional Considerations."   Contents completely redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Email
John S. Pistole | Pasquale D'Amuro | Kenneth L. Wainstein | Larry A. Mefford
John S. Pistole, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Larry A. Mefford, Pasquale D'Amuro
Apr. 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2846
Suggested modifications re FBI Bureau's structure and presence in Afghanistan, including focus, training, equipment, and staffing (content redacted). Author of memo has been FBI On-Scene-Commander (OSC) since 02/11/2004.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2847
Draft FBI memo divided into sections headed "Guantanamo" "Iraq" and "Afghanistan", with an additional section headed "Unknown Location." Memo also includes a redacted log of listings with "Date" and "Event" columns that include the words ...
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2848
Emails concerning the FBI Behavioral Analysis Units (BAU) assessment of the interrogation techniques used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The email seeks to discuss the interrogation techniques "in detail." Reference is made to Stephen A. ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, Thomas J. Harrington, Stephen A. Cambone
Nudity
May 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2849
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 ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Chris Swecker, Marion E. Bowman, Gary M. Bald, John S. Pistole
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2850
FBI handwritten notes regarding legal issues and interrogation of detainees.
Nov. 22, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2852
FBI list of interviewees and dates of interviews at Abu Ghraib Prison from Oct. 2, 2003 through Nov. 22, 2003.
May 19, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2855
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
Oct. 08, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2856
The document is a response to a DOD, Criminal Investigation Task Force request for the FBI Military Liaison & Detainee Unit (ML&DU) to conduct a records check of detainees to appear before the Transfer Review Board. The document is heavily ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Jerry R. DeMaio
Jerry R. DeMaio