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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Apr. 04, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2910
FBI email stating that the author was in a position to provide an accurate assessment of the dynamics and interactions at Guantanamo but was never contacted to prepare or review a draft copy of a memo dated Mar. 25, 2003.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Frankie Battle
Frankie Battle
Dec. 05, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2911
Email forwarding an FBI electronic communication up the chain of command. Email states "I am forwarding this EC up the. CTD chain of command. MLDU requested this information be documented to protect the FBI. MLDU has had a long standing and ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Frankie Battle | Thomas J. Harrington | Arthur M. Cummings, II
Frankie Battle, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2912
Email regarding the alleged impersonation of FBI Agents at Guantanamo.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Jan. 21, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2913
Request for a draft of policy recommendations, training recommendations, and implementation recommendations for FBI agents engaging in interviews at Guantanamo. The email implies that discrepancies between Department of Homeland Security and FBI ...
Mar. 13, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2914

FBI Memorandum from Guantanamo Task Force to Raymond Mey re: update regarding a Guantanamo detainee; Memorandum re: a Guantanamo detainee; DOD document. The contents are heavily redacted. An FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet is appended to ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Raymond Mey
Raymond Mey
Dec. 16, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2915
Email from the FBI CIRG/BAU to CTD [names redacted] with attachment. The email states "Looks like we are stuck in the mud with the interview approach of the military vrs. law enforcement. We need to establish a Bureau policy laying out the ...
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2916
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet referencing Emails from CIRG/BAU re: Guantanamo matters. Authors referenced include: Marion Bowman, Stephen Wiley; Addressees include: Frankie Battle, Larry Mefford, John Pistole, Marion Bowman, Stephen Wiley, ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Other
Stephen R. Wiley
Nov. 13, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2917
Email between FBI Officials re: FBI Draft Electronic Communications from Guantanamo.
Nov. 13, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2918
Memorandum requesting observations/ recommendations of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) concerning the day-to-day operation of the Guantanamo Project. The memorandum was approved by Stephen Wiley and Frankie Battle. ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle, Stephen R. Wiley
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2919
FBI Deleted Page Information Sheet: Duplicate of Detainees 1210, 1209, and 1208.