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 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
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3510
Email is redacted, except sentence that states conducting a physical search of control files.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Thomas J. Harrington | Valerie E. Caproni | Gary M. Bald | John S. Pistole | Frankie Battle | Arthur M. Cummings, II
Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Gary M. Bald, John S. Pistole, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3508
Email states "Mr Harrington - FBI-GTMO reviewed the MM and HQ control files this morning. The only document we found that is pertinent to the issues under review is the 5130103 EC, dratted by SSA [redacted] of the Behavioral Assessment Units ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni | John F. Curran | Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington
Apr. 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3509
Emails discussed possible abuse in Abu Grarib prison. M.C. Briese stated he did not witness any mistreatment, however, stated Abu Graib was understaffed. Also, referred Caproni to CJIS and HRT management, explaining those offices spent a great ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
M. Chris Briese
Valerie E. Caproni
M. Chris Briese, Chris Swecker, Valerie E. Caproni, Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Robert S. Mueller
Jan. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3486
Email describes Abu Ghraib Prison and the challenges in running it. Ed Lueckenhoff states that he met with AUSAs Dana Biehl and Bruce Pagel who toured the prison. Pagel advised Lueckenhoff that he was aware of the allegations of abuse at the ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Edward H. Lueckenhoff
Gary M. Bald | M. Chris Briese | Frankie Battle | Thomas J. Harrington
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Ricardo Sanchez, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Robert S. Mueller, Valerie E. Caproni
May 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3369
This memo also includes a table and emails. The general synopsis of the memo is it provides the statement of an SA's observations while at Abu Graib Prison. In the memo, SA states that during his time at the "Abu Graib Prison his role was to only ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Chart/List, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi, Raymond Mey, Monte C. Strait, Michael J. Folmar, Barbara Wells, Russell D. Robinson, Paula J. Wendell , Amy Jo Lyons, Randall D. Parsons, Steven C. McCraw, Valerie E. Caproni, Cassandra M. Chandler, Eleni P. Kalisch, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Thomas J. Harrington, M. Chris Briese
Feb. 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3331
Email discusses meeting to be scheduled re: Combatant Status Review Tribunal
May 18, 2005
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Frankie Battle, James M. McGarrah, Paul Clement
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3327
Ed Lueckenhoff sent an email stating that "I have been told that all interrogation techniques previously authorized by the Executive Order are still on the table but that certain techniques can only be used if very high-level authority is ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Edward H. Lueckenhoff
Gary M. Bald | M. Chris Briese | Thomas J. Harrington
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Valerie E. Caproni, Arthur M. Cummings, II
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3317

Emails between Frankie Battle, MC Briese, Valerie Caproni, TJ Harrington re: DOD Guidelines when serving in Iraq. Several FBI agents who served are mentioned.

May 18, 2005
Email
Frankie Battle
M. Chris Briese | Valerie E. Caproni | Thomas J. Harrington
Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Michael J. Folmar, Thomas M. Powers, Thomas V. Fuentes, Chris Swecker, Edwin L. Worthington, Edward H. Lueckenhoff
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3314

Emails between Valerie Caproni to T.J. Harrington and Otrhers re: Instructions for FBI Interrogators at Guantanamo. The emails goes in to detail on how FBI agents serving at Guantanamo should conduct themselves and not deviate from Bureau ...

Mar. 21, 2005
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Valerie E. Caproni, David E. Nahmias, Marion E. Bowman, Andrew Arena, Michael E. Dunlavey , Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Bruce Swartz, Alice Fisher