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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Jan. 08, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3505
Email discussing the debriefing of redacted. Entire contents redacted, except the heading of the paragraphs.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
John S. Pistole | Kenneth L. Wainstein | Larry A. Mefford | Pasquale D'Amuro
Larry A. Mefford, John S. Pistole, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Pasquale D'Amuro
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3506
Contents Completely Redacted
May 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3507
Emails are redacted, unredacted language discusses testimony from Steve Cambone where he discusses forced dis-robing of Guantanamo detainees.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Valerie E. Caproni | John F. Curran
Stephen A. Cambone, Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran
May 30, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3503
This memo is from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Units (BAU) discussing how the interrogation of suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects was proceeding. The memo states "several discussions were held to determine the most effective means of ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Mey | Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Stephen R. Wiley, Raymond Mey, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi, Frankie Battle, Geoffrey D. Miller
DOD | ACLU-RDI 3504
Document discusses Islamic traditions and beliefs, providing detailed background information on the religion. The apparent purpose of the document is to provide interrogators with information they can use in yielding information from detainees.
Dec. 09, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3501
The email is un-redacted and reads: "Attached is a document that describes in detail the recently enacted GTMO rewards program. I think it is a positive step in the management of detainees, but in terms of inspiring them to cooperate, it falls ...
Dec. 16, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3502
Email discusses a need the author had to discuss interview tactics with Frankie Battle. It is also an issue the author wanted to discuss with SAC Wiley.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Frankie Battle
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle
Dec. 02, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3499
Email from FBI Official to FBI Official re: Trip to Guantanamo and Meeting with General Miller Email states "We learned that neither Andy Arena nor the Miami ASAC will be coming to GTMO. Apparently, FBIHQ is scaling down their presence for the ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Andrew Arena, Geoffrey D. Miller
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3500
Email to Major General Miller, begins by stating the FBI has concerns over [redacted]; ends with the FBI remains in support of the JTE GTMO mission.
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller
Nov. 15, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3496
Emails between Stephen Wiley, Marion Bowman and Others re: Guantanamo. Contents completely redacted
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Stephen R. Wiley, Marion E. Bowman