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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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
Sept. 06, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5998
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically Department of Defense forms signed by FBI agents prior to ...
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
Sept. 13, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5996
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically a a confidential memorandum clarifying the status of detained ...
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
Jan. 04, 2005 | ACLU-RDI 5993
The document is a memorandum outlining talking points for a phone call conversation with Senator Feinstein, regarding FBI Director Mueller's testimony before the Judiciary Committee and a survey conducted after the hearing about the possible ...
Non-legal Memo
Dianne Feinstein, Robert S. Mueller
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
Dec. 21, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 5990
The document is a letter from Senator Patrick Leahy to FBI Director Robert Mueller, regarding the FBI's withholding of key information about the abusive treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody overseas.
Letter
Senator, Patrick Leahy
Robert S. Mueller
Patrick Leahy, Robert S. Mueller
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5989
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a detainee issue. The email has been heavily redacted, so the contents of the email are unknown.
Email
Kenneth L. Wainstein
Robert S. Mueller | Valerie E. Caproni
Kenneth L. Wainstein, Robert S. Mueller, Valerie E. Caproni