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 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3508
Email states "Mr Harrington - FBI-GTMO reviewed the MM and HQ control files this morning. The only document we found that is pertinent to the issues under review is the 5130103 EC, dratted by SSA [redacted] of the Behavioral Assessment Units ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni | John F. Curran | Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington
Apr. 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3509
Emails discussed possible abuse in Abu Grarib prison. M.C. Briese stated he did not witness any mistreatment, however, stated Abu Graib was understaffed. Also, referred Caproni to CJIS and HRT management, explaining those offices spent a great ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
M. Chris Briese
Valerie E. Caproni
M. Chris Briese, Chris Swecker, Valerie E. Caproni, Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Robert S. Mueller
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
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
Nov. 19, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3497
Email from an FBI Official to Stephen Wiley concerning Guantanamo Interviews. The email states "At your request I contacted [redacted] who advised that Senate staffer who works for Sen. Gregg is interested in gaining background into in ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Stephen R. Wiley | Frankie Battle
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle, Judd Alan Gregg
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
Jan. 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3486
Email describes Abu Ghraib Prison and the challenges in running it. Ed Lueckenhoff states that he met with AUSAs Dana Biehl and Bruce Pagel who toured the prison. Pagel advised Lueckenhoff that he was aware of the allegations of abuse at the ...
Feb. 06, 2006
Email
Edward H. Lueckenhoff
Gary M. Bald | M. Chris Briese | Frankie Battle | Thomas J. Harrington
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese, Ricardo Sanchez, Dana Biehl, Bruce A. Pagel, Robert S. Mueller, Valerie E. Caproni
May 18, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3460
Interview of a detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. The detainee's interview is broken-down by date and a synopsis of the interviews follows. In addition, there is a status report on the number of detainees being held and a description of ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi, Frankie Battle, Thomas G. Donlon
Apr. 10, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3368
First page of an FBI Memo entitled " GTMO-INTEL GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA OO:MIAMI MAJOR CASE 188".
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle | Stephen R. Wiley
Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Raymond Mey, Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi
May 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3369
This memo also includes a table and emails. The general synopsis of the memo is it provides the statement of an SA's observations while at Abu Graib Prison. In the memo, SA states that during his time at the "Abu Graib Prison his role was to only ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Chart/List, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman, Hector M. Pesquera, C. Frank Figliuzzi, Raymond Mey, Monte C. Strait, Michael J. Folmar, Barbara Wells, Russell D. Robinson, Paula J. Wendell , Amy Jo Lyons, Randall D. Parsons, Steven C. McCraw, Valerie E. Caproni, Cassandra M. Chandler, Eleni P. Kalisch, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Robert S. Mueller, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Thomas J. Harrington, M. Chris Briese