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.

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June 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6189
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an attached urgent report that provides details from a military service member deployed in Iraq who observed serious physical abuses of civilian detainees in Samara, Iraq in the fall of 2003.
Email
Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Cassandra M. Chandler, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Michael P. Kortan, Grant Ashley
Physical assault, General
June 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6190
The document is an internal FBI email sent from Eleni Kalisch to FBI Director Robert Mueller, regarding an HPSCI briefing concerning detainee interrogations. The briefing included information about the yield of information from detainee ...
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Robert S. Mueller
Eleni P. Kalisch, Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Keith B. Alexander, Lowell Jacoby
Jose Padilla
Feb. 26, 2009 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6157
The document includes notes from interviews conducted with FBI personnel Andy Arena, regarding his responsibilities as Section Chief of International Terrorism Operations as well as three areas and issues related to detainees.
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Andrew Arena, Pasquale D'Amuro, Larry A. Mefford, John S. Pistole, David E. Nahmias, Bruce Swartz, Dale L. Watson, Robert S. Mueller, Stephen R. Wiley, Marion E. Bowman, George J. Tenet, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Bruce J. Gebhardt
Feb. 24, 2009 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6138
The document includes notes from interviews conducted with FBI personnel Pat D'Amuro, regarding his knowledge about the document exploitation group deployed to Afghanistan as well as the use of legally questionable interrogation techniques and ...
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Pasquale D'Amuro, Robert S. Mueller, Michael Chertoff, Alice Fisher, John D. Ashcroft, George Tenet, Larry Thompson, Michael E. Dunlavey , Marion E. Bowman, Larry A. Mefford, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Andrew Arena, Valerie E. Caproni, Dale L. Watson
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah
Jan. 29, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6126
The document is an internal FBI memorandum sent from the Counterterrorism Division to the Director's Office, regarding a request for FBI executive management to approve an Operations Order that details mission operations and requirements for ...
Non-legal Memo
Robert S. Mueller
Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole, Charles Frahm
June 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6061
The document is a redacted internal FBI email regarding allegations of abuse by private contractors at the Abu Ghurayb Prison and other detention facilities in Iraq.
Email
Eleni P. Kalisch
Robert S. Mueller | John S. Pistole | Bruce J. Gebhardt
Eleni P. Kalisch, Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6059
The document is an internal FBI email regarding a Washington Post report in which it was alleged that the FBI was involved in abuses at the Abu Ghuraib Prison.
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Robert S. Mueller | Cassandra M. Chandler | Eleni P. Kalisch | Kenneth L. Wainstein | Steven C. McCraw | Bruce J. Gebhardt | M. Chris Briese | Thomas J. Harrington
M. Chris Briese, Valerie E. Caproni, Cassandra M. Chandler, Thomas J. Harrington, Eleni P. Kalisch, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Robert S. Mueller, Steven C. McCraw, Bruce J. Gebhardt
May 04, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6055
The document is series of an internal FBI emails regarding whether any FBI personnel had firsthand knowledge of any abuse of detainees at Abu Ghuraib Prison. The emails conclude that no FBI personnel had any such knowledge.
Email
John S. Pistole
Robert S. Mueller | Bruce J. Gebhardt
Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Thomas J. Harrington, Robert S. Mueller, John S. Pistole, Michael P. Kortan
Apr. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5997
The document is an internal FBI memorandum sent from the Counterterrorism Division to all divisions, regarding the establishment of the Terrorism Incident Response Protocol (TIRP) - a tool to improve the efficiency of responses to acts of ...
Non-legal Memo
Counterterrorism Division
Frankie Battle, Bruce J. Gebhardt, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Thomas G. Donlon, M. Chris Briese, Robert A. Blecksmith