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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June 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6215
Series of emails dealing with responses to QFRs (Questions for the Record) following the Director of the FBI's testimony before the Senate Judiciary on 05/20/2004.
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Patrick W. Kelley
Marion E. Bowman
Frankie Battle, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, Patrick W. Kelley, Janice K. Fedarcyk, J. Stephen Tidwell
May 30, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3503
This memo is from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Units (BAU) discussing how the interrogation of suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects was proceeding. The memo states "several discussions were held to determine the most effective means of ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Mey | Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Stephen R. Wiley, Raymond Mey, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi, Frankie Battle, Geoffrey D. Miller
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3512
Emails discuss "Iraq guidance" and meeting with the new deputy of OSD/OGC.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3531
The email asks for additional information concerning a report that DHS interrogators would await the departure of FBI officials and embark here are several examples in which DHS personnel have awaited the departure of an FBI supervisor before ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Marion E. Bowman | Frankie Battle
Marion E. Bowman, Frankie Battle, Valerie E. Caproni
June 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3326
Emails between Valerie Caproni, Marion Bowman and Others re: Torture Memo Found on the Internet. No attachment or content.
May 18, 2005
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Marion E. Bowman, John F. Curran, Valerie E. Caproni
Apr. 10, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3368
First page of an FBI Memo entitled " GTMO-INTEL GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA OO:MIAMI MAJOR CASE 188".
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle | Stephen R. Wiley
Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Raymond Mey, Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi
Nov. 27, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2835
Legal analysis of interrogation techniques sent from FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) to FBI legal counsel.
Dec. 15, 2004
Legal Memo
Marion E. Bowman
Marion E. Bowman
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2871
Email asking for elaboration on a factual issue in an Electronic Communication regarding Guantanamo. The contents are mostly redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Frankie Battle | Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2873
Email asking for elaboration on a factual issue in an Electronic Communication regarding Guantanamo. The contents are mostly redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Frankie Battle | Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2881
This FBI email mentions disagreements between the DOD and the FBI on how to handle interrogations of detainees at Guantanamo bay. The FBI is advising DOD on techniques that were ineffective in producing reliable intelligence. Email cites example ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Frankie Battle | Arthur M. Cummings, II | Michael E. Dunlavey | Geoffrey D. Miller | Marion E. Bowman | Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Michael E. Dunlavey , Geoffrey D. Miller, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman