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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Memorandum stating that DIA interrogators at Guantanamo mis-represented themselves as FBI officials when interrogating detainees at Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
David E. Nahmias, Valerie E. Caproni, Geoffrey D. Miller
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Email states recient new article on CNN reported Gen. Karpinsky saying that Gen. Miller wanted to "Gitmoize" Abu Ghraib. The email also refers to article in Stars and Stripes news paper where Gen. Miller had said he believed in "rapport-building ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Geoffrey D. Miller
Emails discussing sending FBI behavioral experts down to Guantanamo between FBI components Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG). Mention of General Miller's desire to have "behavioral experts in the mix, both ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller
Email states recient new article on CNN reported Gen. Karpinsky saying that Gen. Miller wanted to "Gitmoize" Abu Ghraib. The email also refers to article in Stars and Stripes news paper where Gen. Miller had said he believed in "rapport-building ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Geoffrey D. Miller
This FBI email mentions disagreements between the DOD and the FBI on how to handle interrogations of detainees at Guantanamo bay. The FBI is advising DOD on techniques that were ineffective in producing reliable intelligence. Email cites example ...
Email forwarding another email containing two Washington Post articles about Guantanamo interrogation policies, May 21, 2004. The article states "Rumsfeld Approved Harsh Procedures At Guantanamo, Officials Say" and "FBI Chief Tells of ...
Email forwarding a list of the U.S. military's approved coercive techniques for use in drafting guidelines for the FBI and a 2002 email to General Miller referencing accusations about interviews/interrogations.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Geoffrey D. Miller

Contents redacted.

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Geoffrey D. Miller
Memo from FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) at Guantanamo to Commanding General of Joint Task Force 170, Geoffrey Miller.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller
An FBI memo from Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) personnel at Guantanamo to Commanding General Geoffrey Miller. Contents of the memo are completely redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller