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 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6195
The document is an internal FBI email sent from Valerie Caproni to FBI Director Robert Mueller, regarding the definition of the abuse and/or mistreatment of prisoners as well as what type of conduct should and should not be reported.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Robert S. Mueller
Valerie E. Caproni, Robert S. Mueller
Feb. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6198
The document is an internal FBI detainee interrogation report. The report is almost entirely redacted, but pertains to the interrogation of Detainee 00269DP at Guantanamo Bay.
June 20, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6211
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the use of extreme and abusive interrogation techniques against detainees by the military as well as the procedures for reporting such techniques to the Department of Defense.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Mohammed al Qahtani
June 01, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6213
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to the disagreements concerning interrogation plans and ...
Other
Valerie E. Caproni, Geoffrey D. Miller
Mohammed al Qahtani, Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif al Dosari, Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi, Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Jan. 06, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6216
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.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Julie F. Thomas, Frankie Battle
Jan. 06, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6270
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a follow up on the Guantanamo Bay timeline project.
Oct. 08, 2004 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6271
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
| ACLU-RDI 6295
The document is a memorandum regarding potentially relevant federal criminal statutes, including jurisdictional statutes and substantive statutes.
Nov. 15, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6354
CITF-G/JA REPLY TO ATTENTION OF .,,b2 per CITE 1, 6 per CITE Pagel: 'b -7C per CITE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE . FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-5506 ALL FBI INFORMATION COVIATIVLD HEREIN IS T_INCLASSIFIEL DATE ...
May 14, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6368
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 ...