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. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6014
The document is a detailed meeting agenda for the SAAC Executive Council Conference held at the FBI Headquarters from September 28 through 30, 2004.
Other
Gail Scavongelli, Cassandra M. Chandler, Frankie Battle, Chris Swecker
Feb. 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6007
The document is an internal FBI email sent from Eleni Kalisch to the Executive Secretariat, regarding overdue correspondence and Senator Feinstein's 2004 letter.
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Executive Secretariat
Eleni P. Kalisch, Dianne Feinstein, Robert S. Mueller
Aug. 31, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6006
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a request for any letters or documents provided by the FBI in response to a letter from Senator Feinstein to Director Mueller concerning documents that had been released to the ACLU.
Email
Dianne Feinstein, Robert S. Mueller, Eleni P. Kalisch
Aug. 29, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6003
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the Office of Inspector General's review of the detainee issues and its request for documents pertaining to possible detainee abuse.
Email
FBI General Counsel
Valerie E. Caproni
Oct. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6001
The document is a memorandum summarizing the results of the 10/26/04 debriefing of a previous Iraq Deployment On-Scene Commander (OSC) and two Deputy On-Scene Commanders and recommendations for future Iraq deployments. The topics of discussion ...
Non-legal Memo
Counterterrorism Division
Counterterrorism Division
Frankie Battle, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Willie T. Hulon, M. Chris Briese
July 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6000
The document is a statement for the record for FBI Executive Assistant Director John Pistole before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The statement discusses FBI interrogation needs and techniques for counterterrorism efforts ...
Interview (Statement)
John S. Pistole, Porter Goss, Jane Harman
Apr. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5997
The document is an internal FBI memorandum sent from the Counterterrorism Division to all divisions, regarding the establishment of the Terrorism Incident Response Protocol (TIRP) - a tool to improve the efficiency of responses to acts of ...
Non-legal Memo
Counterterrorism Division
Frankie Battle, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Thomas G. Donlon, M. Chris Briese, Robert A. Blecksmith
Nov. 03, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5995
The document is an internal FBI memorandum sent from the General Counsel to all divisions, regarding an appropriate course of action in response to requests received from military criminal investigative services to interview FBI personnel ...
Legal Memo
FBI General Counsel
Jan. 05, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5994
The document is a press release from the FBI regarding the release of FBI documents related to detainees in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. The statement includes information about FBI employee surveys conducted regarding possible mistreatment of ...
Other
National Press Office
Dec. 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5992
The document is a letter from Assistant Director Eleni P. Kalisch of the Office of Congressional Affairs to Senator Patrick Leahy, regarding Senator Leahy's claim that FBI Director Mueller withheld key information about the mistreatment of ...
Letter
Eleni P. Kalisch
Senator, Patrick Leahy
Robert S. Mueller, Patrick Leahy, Eleni P. Kalisch