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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Apr. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1354
Questionnaire asked the officer thirty one questions regarding soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. In the questionnaire, major responded that there were no incidents of detainee abuse. [Contents redacted].
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1355
Questionnaire asked the officer forty one questions regarding soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The interviewee stated, "ROE [Rules of Engagement] training was simple, but it was fuzzy when they first got." Described incident ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Physical assault, General
Apr. 01, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1356
Questionnaire asked the Major thirty one questions regarding soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The Major stated, that he/she used "common sense" to conduct detainee operations until visited by Inspector General. No detainee ...
Apr. 02, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1357
Questionnaire asked the Major thirty one questions regarding soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1359
Questionnaire asked the officer thirty three questions regarding soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1360
Questionnaire asked the officer thirty seven questions regarding soldier training and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1361
Questionnaire asked the officer thirty seven questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Soldier stated the training they received prior to deployment did not correspond with their duties to conduct ...
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1362
Questionnaire asked the officer forty four questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Officer stated they received "no credible training" on detainee in processing (operations). [Contents redacted].
Apr. 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1363
Questionnaire asked the Chaplain a number of questions regarding Detainee operations. Chaplain responded that he/she was not aware of detainee abuse. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1364
Questionnaire asked the Sergeant First Class forty one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].