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.

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The document is a series of internal FBI emails, regarding the JTF GTMO and SOUTHCOM requests for unredacted copies of documents released to the ACLU.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a follow up on the Guantanamo Bay timeline project.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding FBI involvement in overseas aggressive interrogations and collaborating with the military to form some categories and advice.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Gary M. Bald
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This email concerns the practices and effectiveness of Tiger Teams, which appear to be FBI interrogation units. It mentions that interviews of detainees can range from 1 to 6.5 hours, and emphasizes patience and continuity in interrogation ...
This document is a memorandum alerting Toni Fogle of the FBI's Internal Affairs Division of an investigation into the death of a detainee, Haji Sher Mohammad, and requesting to interview a special agent who administered a gunshot residue test to ...
Non-legal Memo
Toni Fogle
Haji Sher Mohammad
Audio of an interview of Moazzem Begg, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, conducted by the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General, as part of its report on the FBI's involvement in the mistreatment of detainees. You can listen to the audio below ...
These photos most likely depict the abuse of Iraqi Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush, who was detained, tortured, and killed by U.S. forces near Al Qaim, Iraq, in November 2003. According to an U.S. Army investigation, U.S. officials wrapped ...
Photograph
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
Physical assault
This photo of what appears to be the top of a man’s head relates to the case of an Iraqi detainee who alleged he was tortured while detained by U.S. forces at an unknown facility in Tikrit, Iraq, in April and May of 2004. According to the ...
Photograph
Physical assault
CID Report of investigation regarding alleged assault on two detainees (an uncle, aged 50-52, and his nephew, aged 19) during their transport from Camp War Eagle to Camp Cuervo, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 7, 2004. The detainees were put in the back of ...
Investigative File
Department of the Army
Physical assault, General