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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
Apr. 06, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1383
Questionnaire asked the Major forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Handwriting illegible] [contents redacted]. Described preparation for detainee operations and treatment. Stated that ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Isolation, Dietary manipulation
May 10, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1385
Questionnaire asked the official a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Handwriting illegible] [content redacted].
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1386
Questionnaire asked the official a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. When asked to describe training and preparation prior to deployment, official responded, "None-no fit ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Isolation, Other
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1387

Questionnaire asked the Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Lieutenant Colonel responded that military working dogs were used within the detention ...

July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Use of phobias
Mar. 10, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1390

Questionnaire asked the official forty-four questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. When discussing interrogations, Official described it as "hasty." Official also stated that with ...

Mar. 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1391
Questionnaire asked the official a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Official responded that there was "[n]o tng [training] on treatment of detainees (big gray area)." Also, stated ...
Apr. 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1393
An Army questionnaire including forty-six questions given to a solider regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted. The soldier stated in part, however, ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Other
Apr. 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1394
US Army soldier was asked forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. When answering the question about how to handle different categories of detainees, Official wrote that he "was not educated ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Physical assault, General, Sleep deprivation, Other
Apr. 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1395
An Army questionnaire including a series of questions given to a solider regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted. The soldier stated in part there was ...
Apr. 03, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1396
An Army questionnaire including a series of questions given to a solider regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted. The soldier recalled a juvenile ...