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 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6223
An email in reply to a received "'positive' response." The response reports that the FBI agent observed aggressive treatment of a detainee who appeared to have blood shot eyes and what appeared to be blood that congealed to his eyelashes.
Dec. 21, 2004 | Legislative | ACLU-RDI 6230
A letter from a U.S. senator to the FBI requesting documents regarding interrogation of enemy detainees.
Oct. 30, 2009
Letter
Valerie E. Caproni
Dec. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6232
A series of emails regarding a requested chronology of events relative to FBI involvement with the issue of treatment/mistreatment of detainees. The claimed goal of the document is to use it for "briefing the Hill when/if they ask for it."
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Julie F. Thomas
Valerie E. Caproni, Julie F. Thomas, Patrick W. Kelley
Nov. 19, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6234
This series of emails discusses constitutional issues overseas. One email notes that FBI personnel in the Iraq are gathering intelligence for military operations--not independent FBI operations. The same email asks a couple of questions: " If the ...
Dec. 04, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6236
An email regarding a "DHS Mou." The email also mentions a memo "covering detainees we don't want them to arrest."
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Julie F. Thomas
Julie F. Thomas
Jan. 28, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6237
An email regarding a final timeline relating to detainee issues. Valerie E. Caproni jokes about their "malfeasance."
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Julie F. Thomas
Valerie E. Caproni, Julie F. Thomas, Patrick W. Kelley
Jan. 24, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6238
A series of emails regarding whether or not the FBI has updated its responses to a Congressional Question for the Record (QFR) regarding the FBI's involvement with and knowledge of detainee treatment.
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Eleni P. Kalisch
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6292
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding document information related to impersonation by Department of Defense interrogators at Guantanamo representing themselves to be official of the FBI and the U.S. State Department.
Oct. 30, 2009
Non-legal Memo
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
Jan. 21, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6457
This document is a series of emails concerning interviews conducted by Brig. Gen. Furlow and Paul Zimmerman of USDOJ OIG regarding FBI agents and members of the military who may have witnessed detainee abuse.
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Patrick Kelly
Julie F. Thomas
Patrick Kelly, Julie Thomas
Jan. 21, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6458
This document is an email to FBI personnel informing them that DOJ OIG has begun an inquiry into abuses of detainees at GTMO, Abu Ghraib, and other U.S. military prisons. The message notes that Patrick Kelley is the point of contact for DOJ OIG. ...
Oct. 30, 2009
Email
Julie F. Thomas
Valerie E. Caproni
Julie Thomas, Patrick Kelly