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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Mar. 03, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3123
FBI Memo re: Objectives for the scheduled deployment of FBI personnel to Guantanamo. Memo is from Counter terrorism to Counter terrorism. [Initial document is completely redacted, with exception to the paragraph titles]. The second memo ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Marcus C. Thomas, Michael P. Clifford, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle
Feb. 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3124
Emails between Marion E. Bowman, Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran and Others re: Travel to GTMO. A general in GTMO is objecting to an FBI task in GTMO. Admiral James McGarrah requests a "high level" FBI person to come to GTMO for a problem that ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Marion E. Bowman | John F. Curran
James M. McGarrah, Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, David W. Szady, M. Chris Briese, Marion E. Bowman, John F. Curran
July 26, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3125

Emails between Patrick W. Kelley, Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran and Others re: US DOJ Executive Secretariat correspondence. Urges the AG to do all he can to ensure regular unrestricted access by the International Committee of the Red ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Patrick W. Kelley
Valerie E. Caproni | John F. Curran | Marion E. Bowman | Thomas J. Harrington | Bruce J. Gebhardt | John S. Pistole
Patrick W. Kelley, Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Marion E. Bowman, Thomas J. Harrington, Jonathan I. Solomon, John S. Pistole, Maureen Baginski, Grant Ashley, Gary M. Bald, Eleni P. Kalisch, Glenn A. Fine, John D. Ashcroft, Chris Swecker, Bruce J. Gebhardt
July 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3126

Emails between Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, Patrick W. Kelley, and Others re: Combatant Status Review Tribunal in Guantanamo. Discusses status of the tribunal process for four enemy combatants; one e-mail notes disappointment ...

Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Marion E. Bowman, Patrick W. Kelley, Donald H. Rumsfeld
May 22, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3127
Translated Interview of Guantanamo detainee re: conditions/treatment at Guantanamo. The detainee stated he was beaten unconscious approximately three or four weeks ago when he was still at Camp X-Ray. Stated that an unknown number of guards ...
Sept. 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3128
FBI Memo re: NCIS investigation into detainee abuse. Memo concerns an NCIS investigation into reported detainee abuse. When interviewed, detainees were unable to provide names/agencies of their abusers. However, they were able to provide ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran
FBI | ACLU-RDI 3129
Emails between Valerie E. Caproni, Frankie Battle, Marion E. Bowman and Others re: GTMO tribunal schedule. Emails refer to latest "GTMO CSRT List." Concerns GTMO tribunal list and status of detainee tribunals at GTMO. The list is attached and ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Frankie Battle
Valerie E. Caproni | Marion E. Bowman
Frankie Battle, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman
July 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3130
Emails between Patrick W. Kelley, John F. Curran, Valerie E. Caproni and Others re: Confidential memo from Colin L. Powell regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees with habeas corpus proceedings pending. The confidential memo from the ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Email
Patrick W. Kelley, John F. Curran, Valerie E. Caproni, Marion E. Bowman, Anne M. Gulyassy, James A. McAtamney, Colin L. Powell, John D. Ashcroft, Bruce J. Gebhardt, Thomas J. Harrington
Aug. 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3132
An FBI agent touring Guantanamo witnessed four (4) seperate incidents of detainee abuse, including stess positions, extreme hot/cold rooms, isolation and the use of loud music upon the detainees.
Dec. 15, 2004
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie E. Caproni
Stress positions, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature
July 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3133
An FBI agent states that when he/she was at Guantanamo they did observe treatment that was not only aggressive, but personally very upsetting. He/she states that these (unspecified) techniques were not being conducted by FBI agents, but employed ...
Dec. 15, 2004
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