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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Oct. 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6087
An chain of emails advising an FBI official what to do with an FBI Special Agent who has been approached by an Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigator regarding the capture in Afghanistan of a subject who was later killed reportedly ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Email
Toni M. Fogle
Toni M. Fogle, Robert D. Grant, Grant Ashley, Mark J. Mershon, Valerie E. Caproni, J. Stephen Tidwell, Patrick W. Kelley
July 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4972
A member of the FBI’s CIRG Behavioral Analysis Unit who toured Guantanamo stated they never personally witnessed aggressive treatment or interrogations of Guantanamo detainees, but did hear loud music, people yelling loudly from behind closed ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo
J. Stephen Tidwell, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Steven C. McCraw
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
July 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3513
Emails discuss recommended changes J. Stephen Tidwell has made to Valerie E. Caproni's document. Tidwell also mentions that he has concerns over GTMO issues in general.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
J. Stephen Tidwell
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, J. Stephen Tidwell, Marion E. Bowman, Janice K. Fedarcyk
July 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3323
Email details four (4) incidents of detainee abuse at Guantanamo: Three (3) unspecified; and one (1) involving dogs used against a detainee.
May 18, 2005
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Bruce J. Gebhardt
Valerie E. Caproni, Bruce J. Gebhardt, J. Stephen Tidwell, Marion E. Bowman, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Patrick W. Kelley
Use of phobias
Apr. 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2827

An entirely redacted FBI memo relating to a shooting involving a Special Agent in Afghanistan.  The memo refers to Case ID Number: 315N-HQ-C1406946-E.

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald | Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle | Kenneth McCabe
Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Kenneth McCabe, Valerie E. Caproni, J. Stephen Tidwell, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Warren T. Bamford, Brenton L. Mosher, Edward J. Barrett
May 19, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2829

Cable summarizes the results of 14 interviews of FBI personnel who participated in detainee interviews at Abu Ghraib between October and December 2003. Attached to the cable is a classified chart of FBI personnel who conducted interviews at ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Thomas J. Harrington | Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Chris Swecker, J. Stephen Tidwell, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Brenton L. Mosher, Warren T. Bamford, Edward J. Barrett
Physical assault, General, Threat, Family/others, Use of electricity, Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
June 01, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2830
List of FBI agents interviewed about interrogations at Abu Ghraib sent to Valerie Caproni with attachments. Attachments include August 2002 memo to Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) about services provided to Guantanamo and emails ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Chart/List, Email
Valerie E. Caproni
J. Stephen Tidwell, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Valerie E. Caproni, Brenton L. Mosher, Warren T. Bamford, Edward J. Barrett, Frankie Battle, Larry A. Mefford, Marion E. Bowman, Pasquale D'Amuro, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Robert S. Mueller
May 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2872
Email updating J. Stephen Tidwell and the redacted recipient on General Counsel Valerie Caproni's progress in providing information from Guantanamo interviews to the FBI Director Mueller.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
J. Stephen Tidwell
Janice K. Fedarcyk, J. Stephen Tidwell, Valerie E. Caproni, Robert S. Mueller
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2882
FBI emails regarding the maintenance of rosters and records related to Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janice K. Fedarcyk
J. Stephen Tidwell
Janice K. Fedarcyk, J. Stephen Tidwell, Frankie Battle
July 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3081
Email details FBI investigation of mistreatment, abuse or "highly aggressive" treatment of detainees in Iraq that are known or observed by FBI agents who have cycled through Guantanamo. The email states that fourteen (14) agents have witnessed ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Marion E. Bowman
Valerie E. Caproni
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Steven C. McCraw, J. Stephen Tidwell, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Patrick W. Kelley, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Patrick Leahy, Gary M. Bald, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Eleni P. Kalisch, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Cassandra M. Chandler, John S. Pistole, Hector M. Pesquera
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Other