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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May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2863

The document describes a meeting convened by Pierre Richard Prosper, Ambassador at Large, United States Commission on War Crimes. Prosper advised that some prisoners at Guantanamo would be moved to Afghanistan, while some would be moved to ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Pierre-Richard Prosper
July 29, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2864
The document recommends one of three options for what to do with detainees: releasing detainees, transferring detainees for continued detention, or keeping detainees in US DOD controlled detention. While the document is heavily redacted, in ...
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2866
The document discusses the new division of labor between GTMO CITF, which will run tribunals, and the FBI, which will concentrate on interrogation. The author observes that "detainees are all extremely frustrated about being asked the same ...
July 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2867
The document summarizes FBI work in Afghanistan. FBI duties include: "interview/interrogation [redacted] fingerprinting and photographing and DNA collection), training of DOD personnel in proper collection techniques, participation in [redacted] ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Robert S. Mueller
May 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2870
Memorandum from the FBI Counterterrorism Unit and the Military Liaison and Detainee Unit sent internally to the FBI Counterterrorism Unit. The contents are entirely redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
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 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2872
Email updating J. Stephen Tidwell and the redacted recipient on General Counsel Valerie Caproni's progress in providing information from Guantanamo interviews to the FBI Director Mueller.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
J. Stephen Tidwell
Janice K. Fedarcyk, J. Stephen Tidwell, Valerie E. Caproni, Robert S. Mueller
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 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2875
Email forwarding a list of the U.S. military's approved coercive techniques for use in drafting guidelines for the FBI and a 2002 email to General Miller referencing accusations about interviews/interrogations.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
May 21, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2877
Email forwarding another email containing two Washington Post articles about Guantanamo interrogation policies, May 21, 2004. The article states "Rumsfeld Approved Harsh Procedures At Guantanamo, Officials Say" and "FBI Chief Tells of ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
Frankie Battle
Janice K. Fedarcyk, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Lawrence Di Rita, William J. Haynes, II, Robert S. Mueller, Patrick Leahy, Charles E. Schumer