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 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3328
Edward H. Lueckenhoff's email detailes the problems at Abu Ghurayb prison and that he met with AUSAs Dana Biehl and Bruce Pagel who visited the prison. He states that AUSA Pagel advised that he [Pagel] was aware of the allegations of abuse at the ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Edward H. Lueckenhoff
Gary M. Bald
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle, Thomas J. Harrington, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Ricardo Sanchez, Robert S. Mueller
Sleep deprivation, Other
Mar. 03, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3330
FBI Memo re: To document the background, plan and objectives for the scheduled deployment of FBI personnel to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and to request CTD approval of the documented travel; Identify, acquire and install the technology necessary to ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Marcus C. Thomas, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Margaret R. Gulotta
July 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3332
Memo regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees with habeas corpus proceedings pending
May 18, 2005
Email
Patrick W. Kelley
John F. Curran
Bruce J. Gebhardt, Patrick W. Kelley, Gary M. Bald, John S. Pistole, Maureen Baginski, Grant Ashley, Jonathan I. Solomon, James A. McAtamney, Colin L. Powell, Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Anne M. Gulyassy
May 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3485
An email between FBI officials discussing how the FBI should approach interrogations in Afghanistan, and specifically discussing the need for guidance. The email focuses in part on the differing approaches of the military and the FBI to ...
May 18, 2005
Email
Frankie Battle | Gary M. Bald | Thomas J. Harrington
Frankie Battle, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington
Apr. 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2827

An entirely redacted FBI memo relating to a shooting involving a Special Agent in Afghanistan.  The memo refers to Case ID Number: 315N-HQ-C1406946-E.

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald | Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle | Kenneth McCabe
Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Kenneth McCabe, Valerie E. Caproni, J. Stephen Tidwell, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Warren T. Bamford, Brenton L. Mosher, Edward J. Barrett
May 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2849
Email thread discussing possibility of FBI abuse at Abu Ghraib. One email says "Bottom line is FBI personnel have not been involved in any methods of interrogation that deviate from our policy [redacted]. The specific guidance we have given has ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Chris Swecker, Marion E. Bowman, Gary M. Bald, John S. Pistole
Aug. 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3035
Email re: NCIS investigating allegations about physical abuse of a detainee when he was captured in Afghanistan or Pakistan by Americans dressed in black.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle
Physical assault
Aug. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3043
Update on inquiry requiring personnel at GTMO since 9/11/01 to respond. 530 employees served at GTMO and were notified by e-mail. 478 have responded. 26 of those stated they observed what was believed to be some form of mistreatment and provided ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Donald W. Thompson, Jr
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3052
Edward H. Lueckenhoff request for Guidance regarding OGC EC dated 5/19/2004. Contents heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Gary M. Bald
Edward H. Lueckenhoff | Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle | Valerie E. Caproni | M. Chris Briese
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, M. Chris Briese, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Valerie E. Caproni
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3057
Preparation of Gary M. Bald for testimony before the House Permenant Select Committee on Intelligence on Iraqi prisoners, including detainee interrogations.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Arthur M. Cummings, II | Frankie Battle | M. Chris Briese
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Gary M. Bald, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese