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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May 27, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3463
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was unwilling to discuss any topic previously addressed, stating everything is "in the file". He said that he is very tired of being mislead by interrogators who never offer the ...
May 27, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 3971
This memo is background information on International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) President Kellenberger in preparation of a meeting with Sec. of State Powell.
Dec. 30, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Arthur E. Dewey
Colin L. Powell, Arthur E. Dewey
May 28, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 349
Pamphlet 600-8-101: Personnel General - Personnel Processing: In-, Out-, Soldier Readiness, Mobilization and Deployment Processing. Manual on mobilization and deployment processing of soldiers (to and from theater of operations, demobilization ...
May 28, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 892
Memo discusses information obtained from a telephonic interview of redacted. [redacted] discussed the general environment of AG (e.g. protocol for receiving new detainees). [redacted] stated that "it was not uncommon to see people without ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
May 28, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2787

Memorandum requesting creation of additional sub-files for quick access and retrieval of cable traffic received from Other Government Agencies regarding Guantanamo and Afghanistan and repatriation of detainees.

May 28, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 6691
This May 28, 2003 email states that going forward Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen will be doing much less in the interrogation role and more strategic consulting work, research and program development projects, and more in the psychology role. The ...
Dec. 20, 2016
Email
Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell
Abu Zubaydah
May 29, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3268
An SSA was assigned to GTMO for three weeks. In the memo the SSA summarizes information for CIRG Management. The memo contains dates of meetings with other FBI agents, agencies and of detainee interviews observed. SSA reports that he/she ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley
May 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1283
Medical records of an Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with g gunshot wound to the abdomen and associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his injuries. The ...
May 30, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2831
FBI memo documenting Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) assistance and challenges encountered during TDY assignment in Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Hector M. Pesquera
Hector M. Pesquera, Frankie Battle
May 30, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3188
The only discernable text in this five (5) page email are dates and times of the email and the salutation "Thanks for the heads up. talk to you soon." The email is otherwise completely redacted.