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 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5375
This document pertains to the Guantanamo Inspection Special Inquiry. This response indicates that a Special Agent from Boston was assigned to Guantanamo for 45 days in July-August, 2002. This agent states that apart from "fluctuations in room ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Non-legal Memo
Boston FBI Field Office
Inspection Division. Office of Inspections
Environmental manipulation, Temperature
July 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5246
This document is a response to an email sent on July 9, 2004 by Stephen McCraw to individuals who conducted an assignment at Guantanamo Bay requesting information concerning the treatment of detainees. This document indicates that a special ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Non-legal Memo
New York FBI Field Office; Squad IT-6 JTTF
Inspection Division. Office of Inspections
July 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5186
This document pertains to the Guantanamo Inspection Special Inquiry. This document reports that an agent from FBI Denver did a TDY at Guantanamo from May 12, 2003 to June 26, 2003. During that time he observed two (2) other "unknown individuals ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Non-legal Memo
Jon E. Bibik
John E. Bibik
Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Other Humiliation
July 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5415
This document pertains to the Guantanamo Inspection Special Inquiry. This is a Response by a Special Agent from FBI New York who did a TDY at Guantanamo from mid-April to late May, 2002. This agent writes that he or she did not observe any ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Non-legal Memo
Joint Terrorism Task Force: DT-2; New York Office
Inspection
July 26, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5454
This document is a response to an email sent on July 9, 2004 by Stephen McCraw to individuals who conducted an assignment at Guantanamo Bay requesting information concerning the treatment of detainees. This is a Response by the FBI's ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Non-legal Memo
Steven C. McCraw
Electronic Surveillance Technology Section/EOSO
Steven C. McCraw
Aug. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5457
This document pertains to the Guantanamo Inspection Special Inquiry. This is a response to an email from Janice Fedarcyk to Redacted by a Special Agent in the CIRG Hostage Rescue Team. This agent states that he had a temporary duty assignment ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Non-legal Memo
CIRG | Hostage Rescue Team
Office of Inspections
Janice K. Fedarcyk
John Walker Lindh
Nov. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 5182
Cover letter from Carol F. Ochoa, Office of Oversight & Review, to Charlene B. Thornton Office concerning release of 304 documents pertaining to Guantanamo; 19 documents pertaining to Abu Ghraib; and one CD containing photos, and specifying ...
Apr. 27, 2009
Letter, Judicial
Charlene B. Thornton
Carol F. Ochoa
Carol F. Ochoa, Charlene B. Thornton
FBI | ACLU-RDI 2824

A deleted-page information sheet from the FBI in response to the ACLU's FOIA request.  The FBI notes in the sheet that it has withheld 51 pages in their entirety (stamped Detainees 1099 to Detainees 1149) pursuant to various FOIA ...

FBI | ACLU-RDI 6143
A considerably redacted two column chart with abbreviations on the side of one column. Handwritten information on the page includes: "GTMO"; "33 Responses"; "Second LIST."
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6142
FBI deleted page information sheet including one deleted page.