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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DOD | ACLU-RDI 1344
Questionnaire entitled "Point of Capture- CDR 1SG/PL/PS" (in this questionnaire "CDR" is circled). The questionnaire asks the Captain [name redacted] a total of 41 questions regarding training and his/her execution of that training. ...
Apr. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1345
Questionnaire entitled "Point of Capture- CDR 1SG/PL/PS." The questionnaire asks [name redacted] a total of 41 questions regarding training and his/her execution of that training. Questionnaire primarily focuses on detainee treatment. ...
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1346
Questionnaire entitled "Point of Capture- CDR 1SG/PL/PS." The questionnaire asks the First Lieutenant [name redacted] a total of 41 questions regarding training and his/her execution of that training. Questionnaire primarily focuses on detainee ...
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1347
Questionnaire entitled "Point of Capture- CDR 1SG/PL/PS." The questionnaire asks the First Lieutenant [name redacted] a total of 41 questions regarding training and their execution of that training. Questionnaire primarily focuses on detainee ...
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1348
Questionnaire entitled "Point of Capture- CDR 1SG/PL/PS." The questionnaire asks the Master Sergeant [name redacted] a total of 41 questions regarding training and his/her execution of that training. Questionnaire primarily focuses on detainee ...
Apr. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1349
In the questionnaire, soldier(s) stated there was no detainee training and that there were no incidents of detainee abuse. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1350
In the questionnaire, soldier stated there was no detainee training and that there were no incidents of detainee abuse. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1351
In the questionnaire, Major stated he/she uses "common sense" for Detainee Operations. Stated he/she was not aware of detainee abuse. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1352
In the questionnaire, second lieutenant (2LT) was asked whether he/she was aware of requirement to report abuse, 2LT answered "no[,] but common sense." When asked if subordinates know of requirement, answered "probably not."
Apr. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1353
In response to questions asked, First Lieutenant described training as "one or 2 days running Kosovo scenarios." When asked if he/she "can freely report an incident of alleged Detainee abuse," he/she answered that there is no Inspector General ...