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 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3322
Memo is concerning a potential cases of: 1) detainee abuse involving the rape of an un-named detainee; and 2) Bribes being paid to an un-named person in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Alex J. Turner
Sexual, Physical assault
July 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3323
Email details four (4) incidents of detainee abuse at Guantanamo: Three (3) unspecified; and one (1) involving dogs used against a detainee.
May 18, 2005
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Bruce J. Gebhardt
Valerie E. Caproni, Bruce J. Gebhardt, J. Stephen Tidwell, Marion E. Bowman, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Patrick W. Kelley
Use of phobias
June 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3324
Email from Mark Mershon alerts Chris Swecker about a report of an unspecified matter of detainee abuse.
May 18, 2005
Email
Chris Swecker
Mark J. Mershon
Joseph R. Lewis, Chris Swecker, Mark J. Mershon, Charles J. Cunningham , Charles Phalen, David W. Szady, Eleni P. Kalisch, Jana D. Monroe, Joseph R. Lewis, Maureen Baginski, M. Chris Briese, Willie T. Hulon
June 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3320
Email discusses the UN "Oil for Food" program and the potential corruption involved in the program.
May 18, 2005
Email
Laura M. Laughlin
Valerie E. Caproni
Laura M. Laughlin, Valerie E. Caproni, Chris Swecker, Robert A. Spencer, James E. Henderson, Patrick Rowan, Bruce Swartz, David W. Szady, Joseph R. Lewis, Michael T. Rochford, Robert S. Mueller, John D. Ashcroft
June 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3321
Email is to report a serious report of Detainee abuse. No details given.
May 18, 2005
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni, Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Cassandra M. Chandler, John S. Pistole, Grant Ashley, Gary M. Bald, Michael P. Kortan
June 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3318
And FBI email stating that members of the 78th Military Police detachment advised that a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison alleged that on or about June 17, 2004 he was abused in a non-specified way. The detainee was initially detained in February ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Gary M. Bald
Valerie E. Caproni
Gary M. Bald, Valerie E. Caproni, Willie T. Hulon, M. Chris Briese, Thomas J. Harrington, Edward H. Lueckenhoff
Other
July 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3319
Emails between Gary Bald, Valerie Caproni, Edward Lueckenhoff and Others concerning a report that a detainee walked in to Temporary Holding Facility in Iraq, called 6-26 (TH 6-26), with burn marks upon him. The detainee stated he had been ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Gary M. Bald
Valerie E. Caproni
Gary M. Bald, Valerie E. Caproni, Edward H. Lueckenhoff, M. Chris Briese, Thomas J. Harrington, John S. Pistole, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Willie T. Hulon
Physical assault, General, Other
May 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3316
Email discusses a New York Times front page article describing the role of the FBI in Iraq after the turnover of sovereignty. The email specifically disputes that Saddam is being held as a "High Value Detainee" by the FBI. It states that he is ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
John F. Curran
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, George W. Bush
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
Oct. 15, 2003 | ACLU-RDI 3313
Human Rights Watch claims that the detention facilities being operated by the CIA are un-lawful and requests to visit the detention facilities in Afghanistan. CIA General Counsel Scott W. Muller replies that the CIA is operating lawfully and ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Letter
George Tenet | Condoleeza Rice | Scott W. Muller
George J. Tenet, Condoleeza Rice, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Scott W. Muller, Antonio Taguba, George W. Bush, William J. Haynes, II