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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DOJ | ACLU-RDI 6286
The document is a monograph written by the U.S. Department of Justice's Counterterrorism Section on the fundamental principles governing extraterritorial prosecutions, including jurisdiction, venue, and procedural rights. The monograph includes ...
| ACLU-RDI 6287
The document is an information sheet that lists pages deleted from this FOIA release (FBI pages given to OIG).
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
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6289
The document includes sections of the FBI Manual of Investigative Operations and Guidelines, including information on policies for the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense related to the investigation and prosecution of criminal ...
FBI | ACLU-RDI 6290
The document is an internal FBI memorandum that outlines the actions taken by a redacted entity for a number of different projects, including the Iran Unit, Counterintelligence Division, and the Iraq/Syria/Libya Unit.
July 13, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 6291
The document is a memorandum from the Department of Defense, regarding approved methods of interrogation. The document includes information on documents related to the Administration's interrogation policies, a congressional subpoena proposed by ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Carl Levin, John Warner, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Alberto R. Gonzales, John D. Ashcroft, George Bush, Jay S. Bybee, John C. Yoo, William J. Haynes, II, Mary Walker, James T. Hill, Robert J. Delahunty, Colin L. Powell, William Howard Taft, IV, Antonio Taguba, Patrick Philbin, James C. Ho, Daniel J. Bryant, Ricardo Sanchez, Marc Warren
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6293
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the detention and interrogation of detainee Mohameou Ould Slahi. The document is heavily redacted.
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
| ACLU-RDI 6294
The document outlines relevant policy issues for FBI operations with the military in the Global War on Terrorism, including the use of force, detention and interrogation, and command relationships.
Mar. 04, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6296
The document is an internal FBI memorandum,outlining administrative policy changes to the Office of Professional Responsibility's (OPR) and the Inspection Division's (INSD) Delegated Investigation/Adjudication (DIA) program.
Jan. 21, 2005 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6297
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the focus, scope, and procedure of military interviews being conducted of FBI personnel who reported witnessing aggressive interrogation techniques at Guantanamo.