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 1365
Questionnaire asked the interviewee twenty-three questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Official described the "command climate" and guidance they received as a "half ass." [Contents redacted].
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1366
Questionnaire asked the official thirty one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Described an incident during a house raid where the individual "went for a weapon or was trying to push light of[f] ...
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1367
Questionnaire asked the official forty two questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Major described an incident in which a detainee was shot and killed behind the wire by a Guard. The Major ...
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1368
Questionnaire asked the Lieutenant Colonel forty-two questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Officer described an incident in which a detainee was cuffed inside a building inside the wire and was ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
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Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1369
Questionnaire asked the officer thirty one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Officer responded that training, prior to deployment, was "next to none." [Contents redacted].
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1370
Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1371
Questionnaire asked the Lieutenant Colonel thirty questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Liuetenant Colonel explained that there was "Only 1 shooting. Some [detainees] obtained with bruises but ...
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1372
Medical Officer Questionnaire. Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant/Captain thirty-two questions regarding available medical supplies, state of medical facilities and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1373
Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant twenty-three questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. In re whether detainees reported abuse, the First Lieutenant responded "Complained all the time, so not ...
Apr. 07, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1374
Questionnaire asked the Lieutenant Colonel twenty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Lieutenant Colonel responded that he/she was aware of incident of abuse, however the response is ...