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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July 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4971
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. A member of the FBI’s CIRG ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Steven C. McCraw, Frankie Battle
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
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 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
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 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 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 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 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3328
Edward H. Lueckenhoff's email detailes the problems at Abu Ghurayb prison and that he met with AUSAs Dana Biehl and Bruce Pagel who visited the prison. He states that AUSA Pagel advised that he [Pagel] was aware of the allegations of abuse at the ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Edward H. Lueckenhoff
Gary M. Bald
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle, Thomas J. Harrington, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Ricardo Sanchez, Robert S. Mueller
Sleep deprivation, Other
Mar. 03, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3330
FBI Memo re: To document the background, plan and objectives for the scheduled deployment of FBI personnel to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and to request CTD approval of the documented travel; Identify, acquire and install the technology necessary to ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Marcus C. Thomas, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Margaret R. Gulotta