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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July 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6346
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a letter to be sent by the FBI Office of General Counsel to the DoD detailing previously unreported detainee abuse allegations. In one email, an agent, whose name is redacted, speaks passionately ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, J. Stephen Tidwell
Feb. 18, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6341
The document is a chart that depicts the functions and organization of the FBI Office of General Counsel.
June 15, 2011
Chart/List
Kenneth L. Wainstein, Patrick W. Kelley, Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Julie F. Thomas
May 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6313
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding potential examinations of the FBI's role and involvement in detainee abuses alleged at Abu Ghurayb Prison.
June 15, 2011
Email
Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, Thomas J. Harrington, Gary M. Bald, M. Chris Briese, Frankie Battle
Jan. 20, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6288
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding whether the FBI's operations in Iraq were primarily for intelligence-gathering or also for the collection of evidence for prosecutions. The email also includes information on a case in which an FBI ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, M. Chris Briese, John S. Pistole, Gary M. Bald
Jan. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6285
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding Saddam Hussein. The contents of the email have been almost entirely redacted.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, M. Chris Briese, Marion E. Bowman
Jan. 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6282
The document is an internal FBI memorandum from EAD John Pistole to the Counterterrorism Division, regarding the request of HVD-1's (Saddam Hussein) Interrogation Team to question the subject without reading him the Miranda rights, to videotape ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
John S. Pistole, M. Chris Briese, Valerie E. Caproni, Gary M. Bald, Marion E. Bowman
May 10, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6278
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding written guidance given to FBI agents about standing clear of coercive interrogation techniques that are outside of FBI policy. The email includes information about an EC written by the FBI ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
May 26, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6274
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the treatment of prisoners and detainees and includes further clarifications from the Office of General Counsel on the subject. The memorandum reiterates that FBI guidelines do not allow for ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, Gary M. Bald
May 27, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6273
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the development of a conduct policy for FBI agents participating in detainee interrogations at Guantanamo Bay. The document includes concerns from FBI agents about participating in harsh Department ...
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, John S. Pistole
May 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6272
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the development of a conduct policy for FBI agents participating in detainee interrogations at Guantanamo Bay.
June 15, 2011
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman