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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A title page for the Office of Inspector General's Review of Detainee Issues.
A series of emails regarding whether hard copies of the FBI Legal Handbook have been issued to agents in the past years, or whether only digital issues have been issued. The emails also note that testimony before Congress should stress that ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Patrick W. Kelley, Maureen Baginski
An email that provides guidance on forwarding requests for interviews of FBI Special Agents regarding allegations of detainee abuse or deaths.
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Patrick W. Kelley, Toni M. Fogle, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
A letter from the House of Representatives to President George W. Bush informing him of their determination to investigate the prison abuses at Abu Gharib and elsewhere and to request his assistance in obtaining key documents. The letter includes ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Letter
Henry A. Waxman
George W. Bush
Henry A. Waxman, John Conyers, Jr.
A considerably redacted email regarding whether or not the FBI should proceed with the interview of the detainee.
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
John S. Pistole, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
A considerably redacted email about agents in Afghanistan and Iraq and further advice on interrogations.
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
Series of emails dealing with responses to QFRs (Questions for the Record) following the Director of the FBI's testimony before the Senate Judiciary on 05/20/2004.
Heavy redacted series of emails regarding the FBI's stance on interrogation techniques. One official frames it as a "public perception issue."
An email regarding allegations of misconduct against two FBI agents. During an interview with one of the agents, they stated that there were, "inhumane conditions at the Baghdad detention facility... Although I only personally observed this abuse ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Toni M. Fogle
Charlene B. Thornton
Toni M. Fogle, Charlene B. Thornton
A DOJ FBI Internal Routing/Action Slip forwarded to the Office of Professional Responsibility.