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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Nov. 13, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6260
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding contacts at the Department of Defense and the National Security council for the delivery of an Amnesty International report.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6272
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the development of a conduct policy for FBI agents participating in detainee interrogations at Guantanamo Bay.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
May 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6273
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the development of a conduct policy for FBI agents participating in detainee interrogations at Guantanamo Bay. The document includes concerns from FBI agents about participating in harsh Department ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, John S. Pistole
May 26, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6274
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the treatment of prisoners and detainees and includes further clarifications from the Office of General Counsel on the subject. The memorandum reiterates that FBI guidelines do not allow for ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, Gary M. Bald
May 13, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6276
The document is an internal FBI email with attachments that include a description of interrogation technique concerns raised to Commanding General Miller as well as an outline of approved coercive techniques used by the military.
June 15, 2011
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Mohammed al Qahtani
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6277
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the lack of written guidance given to FBI agents about standing clear of coercive interrogation techniques that are outside of FBI policy.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6278
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding written guidance given to FBI agents about standing clear of coercive interrogation techniques that are outside of FBI policy. The email includes information about an EC written by the FBI ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
Feb. 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6279
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the dissemination of information and intelligence gathered from the interrogation of HVD-1 (Saddam Hussein).
June 15, 2011
Email
M. Chris Briese, Gary M. Bald, Valerie E. Caproni
Feb. 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6280
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a meeting with the DAG's Office and the Criminal Division related to HVD-1 (Saddam Hussein).
June 15, 2011
Email
M. Chris Briese, Valerie E. Caproni, Gary M. Bald
Feb. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6281
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the procedure by which to document interviews with HVD-1 (Saddam Hussein). Significant portions of the document are redacted.
June 15, 2011
Email
M. Chris Briese