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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Dec. 30, 2011 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6129
The document is a letter from the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General to the ACLU's National Security Project, regarding the ACLU's April 22nd, 2008 FOIA request. The letter is a cover letter for summaries of interviews conducted ...
Letter
William Blier
Jameel Jaffer
Andrew Arena, Gary M. Bald, Michael Chertoff, Pasquale D'Amuro, Alice Fisher, David E. Nahmias, Laura H. Parsky, Bruce Swartz, Larry Thompson, David Ayres
Oct. 17, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6102
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to the complaint by an FBI agent concerning detainee ...
DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6067
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to employees' observations and concerns about the treatment ...
DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6023
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to allegations of misconduct against FBI employees due to the ...
Sept. 06, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6022
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to the FBI's initiation and conduct of special inquiries and ...
DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6013
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically the 2003-2004 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the FBI and another ...
Sept. 06, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6004
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically minutes, notes, memoranda, and other documents from any ...
Sept. 06, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5998
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically Department of Defense forms signed by FBI agents prior to ...
Sept. 13, 2005 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5996
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General for FBI documents regarding detainee issues, specifically a a confidential memorandum clarifying the status of detained ...
DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 5968
A DOJ-OIG questionnaire for FBI personnel who were involved in detainee interview or interrogations at assigned locations in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Iraq; Afghanistan; or in other areas controlled by the U.S. Military. Questionnaire primarily ...
Apr. 03, 2009
Interview (Questionnaire)
Physical assault, Sexual, Stress positions, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Other