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. 10, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2944
An FBI memo regarding the Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) assistance and challenges at Guantanamo. The memo is almost entirely redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Frankie Battle | Stephen R. Wiley
Marion E. Bowman | Hector M. Pesquera | C. Frank Figliuzzi
Frankie Battle, Stephen R. Wiley, Marion E. Bowman, C. Frank Figliuzzi
Feb. 26, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 2945
FBI Documenting NCAVC assistance and challenges at Guantanamo. Mostly redacted
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley | Frankie Battle
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle
Aug. 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3035
Email re: NCIS investigating allegations about physical abuse of a detainee when he was captured in Afghanistan or Pakistan by Americans dressed in black.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Thomas J. Harrington
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, Frankie Battle
Physical assault
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3038
Email discusses a detainee's preliminary hearing and request for additional counsel.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle
July 26, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3051
Assessment from the Office of Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants. Contents heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
John F. Curran
John F. Curran, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, Frankie Battle
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3052
Edward H. Lueckenhoff request for Guidance regarding OGC EC dated 5/19/2004. Contents heavily redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Gary M. Bald
Edward H. Lueckenhoff | Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle | Valerie E. Caproni | M. Chris Briese
Edward H. Lueckenhoff, M. Chris Briese, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Valerie E. Caproni
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3057
Preparation of Gary M. Bald for testimony before the House Permenant Select Committee on Intelligence on Iraqi prisoners, including detainee interrogations.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Arthur M. Cummings, II | Frankie Battle | M. Chris Briese
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Gary M. Bald, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Frankie Battle, M. Chris Briese
May 22, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3061
Valerie Caproni to Frankie Battle, Laura M. Laughlin and others re: Potential curruption concerning bid rigging and kickback schemes in Iraq, i.e. Coalition Provisional Authority.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Frankie Battle
Laura M. Laughlin, Valerie E. Caproni, Joseph R. Lewis, Chris Swecker, Thomas G. Kinnally, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Marion E. Bowman, Frankie Battle, Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., John Klein, Patrick Rowan, Michael P. Sullivan, Michael A. Mason
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3063
Email refers to an attached "Definitive guidance regarding the conduct of detainees." Attachment not provided.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni | Thomas J. Harrington | Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
May 14, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3073
M. Chris Briese sent an email stating "All, The Director wanted to know (by the end of the day) if anyone from the FBI had first-hand knowledge of any abuses at Abu Ghraib prison. If so, how did we handle it. I know that we have been made aware ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
M. Chris Briese
Edward H. Lueckenhoff | Thomas V. Fuentes | Chris Swecker | Frankie Battle | Gary M. Bald | Thomas J. Harrington
M. Chris Briese, Chris Swecker, Edward H. Lueckenhoff, Thomas V. Fuentes, Frankie Battle, Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Valerie E. Caproni, Steven C. McCraw