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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Jan. 25, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6374
This document is an email from Valerie E. Caproni to redacted recipient suggesting more information on abuses that occurred in Afghanistan be added to a QFR response to Senator Leahy's inquiry.
July 20, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
Dec. 22, 2004 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6373
This document is an email alerting recipients that, after discussions with FBI Director Mueller, FBI is sending DoD 8 interviews with agents who reported seeing actions that might constitute detainee mistreatment.
July 20, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington
Sept. 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6357
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an NCIS request to interview a Special Agent who was involved in the capture of a detainee who later died in custody. The email includes information on the procedure by which these investigations ...
June 15, 2011
Email
J. Stephen Tidwell
J. Stephen Tidwell, Valerie E. Caproni, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Warren T. Bamford
Sept. 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6356
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an NCIS request to interview a Special Agent who was involved in the capture of a detainee who later died in custody.
June 15, 2011
Email
J. Stephen Tidwell
J. Stephen Tidwell, Valerie E. Caproni, Patrick W. Kelley, Frankie Battle
July 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6346
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a letter to be sent by the FBI Office of General Counsel to the DoD detailing previously unreported detainee abuse allegations. In one email, an agent, whose name is redacted, speaks passionately ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, J. Stephen Tidwell
Feb. 18, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6341
The document is a chart that depicts the functions and organization of the FBI Office of General Counsel.
June 15, 2011
Chart/List
Kenneth L. Wainstein, Patrick W. Kelley, Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Julie F. Thomas
Aug. 24, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6323
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the waiving of OPR liability for FBI agents who witnessed abuse at Guantanamo Bay.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Aug. 24, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6322
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the waiving of OPR liability for FBI agents who witnessed abuse at Guantanamo Bay.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Toni M. Fogle
Sept. 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6321
The document is an internal FBI document, regarding the circumstances in which FBI agents must be granted notice.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Toni M. Fogle
May 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6313
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding potential examinations of the FBI's role and involvement in detainee abuses alleged at Abu Ghurayb Prison.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle