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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Dec. 21, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5558
A CID investigation into the death of Muhayman Jalal Mustafi, who was attacked by 15 other unnamed detainees. Mr. Mustafi died from "multiple blunt force injuries to head, torso, and extremities, which caused contusions and hemorrhage of the ...
Dec. 03, 2007 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5556
A CID investigation into the death of an Iraqi detainee named Umar Sa'ad Nassir Jabrin at Camp Cropper. According to the investigation, 4 detainees "beat and strangled Mr. Nassir to death, placed him in a plastic garbage bag and attempted to ...
Jan. 03, 1994 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6415
This document is a memo from the Director of the FBI providing guidelines on the disciplinary process within the FBI. He expresses his hope to draw a "bright line" is order to keep all employees aware of his expectations and sets out his vision ...
Dec. 12, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6418
This document is a heavily redacted email exchange between Valerie Caproni and another official with the subject line "battlefield advice."
Dec. 07, 2010
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Nov. 08, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6421
This is an email to Valerie Caproni from a redacted agent discussing FBI conduct in Iraq. It states that Caproni's email regarding advice to FBI agents in Iraq is timely because agents have been complaining about the advice they received from CTS.
Dec. 07, 2010
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
May 04, 2010 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6424
This document is a series of emails discussing whether there has been guidance given to FBI agents in GTMO or Iraq about when they should stand clear because of the Department of Defense's interrogation tactics or notify an authority if the ...
Dec. 07, 2010
Email
Valerie E. Caproni
Dec. 31, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6053
The document is a heavily redacted daily situation report from the Iraqi Task Force, detailing personnel numbers and status as well as a variety of figures related to detainees during the reporting period - including captures, transfers, and ...
Dec. 30, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6052
The document is a heavily redacted daily situation report from the Iraqi Task Force, detailing personnel numbers and status as well as a variety of figures related to detainees during the reporting period - including captures, transfers, and ...
Dec. 29, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6051
The document is a heavily redacted daily situation report from the Iraqi Task Force, detailing personnel numbers and status as well as a variety of figures related to detainees during the reporting period - including captures, transfers, and ...
Dec. 28, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6049
The document is a heavily redacted daily situation report from the Iraqi Task Force, detailing personnel numbers and status as well as a variety of figures related to detainees during the reporting period - including captures, transfers, and ...