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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Oct. 18, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6224
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the revision and finalization of the text of a Question for the Record (QFR) submitted to Congress about the FBI's treatment of detainees.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Eleni P. Kalisch
Oct. 06, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6225
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the procedure for the investigation of allegations of FBI abuse and mistreatment made by detainees.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Jay W. Hood, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6226
The document is an information sheet that lists pages deleted from this FOIA release (FBI pages given to OIG).
Sept. 16, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6227
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding requests made by the NCIS for documents related to two specific detainees as well as information related to allegations of abuse.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Sept. 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6228
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a redacted FBI personnel's trip to Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, including details on a briefing on the status of the Combat Status Review Tribunal process.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Patrick W. Kelley
Aug. 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6229
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an NCIS investigation into allegations made by a detainee of physical abuse after his capture as well as the FBI's possible involvement in the abuse.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle
Aug. 26, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6231
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding NCIS investigations into alleged detainee abuse of Guantanamo detainees.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Aug. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6233
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the personnel structure employed by the FBI when handling CSRT procedures as well as the appropriate person to represent the FBI during meetings between the Secretary of the Navy and the Solicitor ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, James M. McGarrah, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
Aug. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6235
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a Post article on Guantanamo as well as the FBI's position on monitoring meetings between the detainees and their attorneys.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Aug. 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6239
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a TRIM document received from ODAG McAtamney. The TRIM document is a memorandum regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees with pending habeas corpus proceedings.
June 15, 2011
Email
James A. McAtamney, Valerie E. Caproni, Patrick W. Kelley, Marion E. Bowman, Thomas J. Harrington, Tracey North, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald, Colin L. Powell