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. 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 ...
Apr. 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1375
Questionnaire asked the Chaplain a number of questions regarding Detainee operations. Chaplain responded that detainees could not bring in their Koran. Described a "rumor" in which "big guys in with interrogators in for psychological threat. . ...
Apr. 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1376
Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant a number of questions regarding detainee operations, soldier morale and soldier training, among others. First Lieutenant responded that he/she was not aware of detainee abuse. [Contents redacted].
Apr. 08, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1377
Questionnaire asked the Captain twenty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Described three incidents of abuse. Did not have enough information and too much time had passed to figure out what ...
Apr. 08, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1378
Questionnaire asked the Staff Sergeant thirty-seven questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Staff Sergeant stated no standards, only "experience" to conduct interrogation. Also, responded that new ...
Apr. 08, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1379
Questionnaire asked the Staff Sergeant fifty questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Staff Sergeant stated there were no written procedures in place for when a detainee died in US custody. ...
Apr. 05, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1380
Questionnaire asked the Captain forty-one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Handwriting illegible] [contents redacted].