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 30, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2831
FBI memo documenting Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) assistance and challenges encountered during TDY assignment in Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Hector M. Pesquera
Hector M. Pesquera, Frankie Battle
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2841

Contents redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Geoffrey D. Miller
Apr. 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2846
Suggested modifications re FBI Bureau's structure and presence in Afghanistan, including focus, training, equipment, and staffing (content redacted). Author of memo has been FBI On-Scene-Commander (OSC) since 02/11/2004.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2848
Emails concerning the FBI Behavioral Analysis Units (BAU) assessment of the interrogation techniques used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The email seeks to discuss the interrogation techniques "in detail." Reference is made to Stephen A. ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, Thomas J. Harrington, Stephen A. Cambone
Nudity
May 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2849
Email thread discussing possibility of FBI abuse at Abu Ghraib. One email says "Bottom line is FBI personnel have not been involved in any methods of interrogation that deviate from our policy [redacted]. The specific guidance we have given has ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Chris Swecker, Marion E. Bowman, Gary M. Bald, John S. Pistole
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 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 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
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