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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June 20, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2907
FBI email describing author's first week at Guantanamo. The email notes the differences between interview styles. The email states "Interesting differences' between the interviewees, as well as interview styles. And definitely areas where I ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
June 20, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3906
DOS interagency delivery checklist for the appropriate handling and delivery of attached documents re: DOD Briefing Slides for PC on Detainees June 19, 3:15 pm
June 20, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 6696
This June 20, 2003 email describes the role of psychology in the CIA Renditions and Detention Group's HVTI (high value terrorist interrogation) program, specifically the work of Psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen.
Dec. 20, 2016
Email
Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell
June 19, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2449
DOD PowerPoint presentation on Guantanamo. Heavily redacted.
June 19, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2783

Explains that FBI's Military Liaison and Detainee Unit is responsible for conducting a threat assessment for each Guantanamo detainee who becomes eligible for repatriation, and establishes a procedure to ensure an FBI interview is conducted of ...

June 19, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4449
State Department Cable re: Secretary's July 16, 2003 Conversation with Australian Foreign Minister Downer - No other content or context.
Jan. 12, 2005
Cable
Richard A. Boucher
June 17, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3466
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was asked about his involvment in Al-Qaeda terrorist training camps. He denied any involvment. He then began complaining about the conditions in the camp and the treatment of the ...
June 17, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4360
State Department cable giving a summary of meeting between Sec. Powell and Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. FM Lindh praised the current U.S. efforts in the Middle East and assured Sec. Powell that the Europeans will do what they can to help ...
Dec. 17, 2004
Cable
Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, Richard A. Boucher, Henry Bisharat, Craig A. Kelly , Beth Jones
June 16, 2003 | USAF | FBI | ACLU-RDI 1895
This investigative report was generated by the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) Report of Investigative Activity and the interview of the detainee at Camp Delta was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Air Force ...
Dec. 21, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, General
June 16, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 2009
This is a U.S. Army Foreign Claims form for monetary compensation. The claimant is an Iraqi citizen whose son was shot and killed by U.S. forces. Claimant states his son was a night patrol guard in Annana Village, and on July 16, 2003, U.S. ...
Feb. 15, 2006
Legal Memo, Letter, Other
General, Physical assault