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 Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Questions for the Chaplain concerning his observations and experience in dealing with detainees and about the soldiers' morale, spiritual wellness and stress levels. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
Handwritten memo. Mostly un-readable. No date. No author.
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees, training before deployment and Rules of Engagement. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse ...
DoD Questionnaire: Questions for soldiers concerning their observations and experience in dealing with detainees. The questionnaire appears to be in response to the accusations of detainee abuse and an effort to elicit information on the matter.
This transcript is a continuation of a previously initiated interview with an Army Sergeant on the processing and handling of detainees. The Sgt describes his duties and the process of taking in detainees and how they were/are categorized. The ...
Interview of a LT. Col. who is a medical doctor on the handling of wounded/medical needs detainees. The doctor also related his personal experience at Abu Ghraib when the riot broke out and his experience with the 530th Military Police Battalion. ...
Army handwritten notes; mostly redacted or poorly photocopied and mostly illegible.
CID report of investigation into the circumstances leading to a detainee entering a vegetative/comatose state. The report states that the detainee was apprehended on July 23, 2003 as a high priority target, and that he was detained in Kirkuk and ...
July 30, 2005
Investigative File (CID)
Sadiq Zoman
Other
The Department of the Army Memo explains that exhibits 19-25 are copies since originals were never received (likely lost or destroyed when convoys were hit by explosives).
An Army questionnaire including thirty-two questions given to a solider regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible and/or redacted. However, the soldier did respond ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Physical assault, General
Memo references five alleged detainee abuse cases from Iraq, states the cases were unreported, but were uncovered during a DAIG assessment. In one incident, the complainant, a member of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, ...
July 15, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General
Memo informs the reader that the Office of the Inspector General learned of a video portraying images of soldiers engaged in offensive behavior. The video allegedly portrays soldiers with the 1st Battalion 124 Infantry mistreating enemy ...
July 15, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Physical assault, General, Other
An Army questionnaire including thirty-two questions given to a solider regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible and/or redacted.
An Army questionnaire, including thirty-seven questions given to a solider regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The handwritten responses are mostly illegible or redacted.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Questionnaire asked the official a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. When asked about training, Official responded that "some [h]ip pocket tng [training]. " There was "[n]ot enough ...
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
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

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 ...

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 ...
Questionnaire asked the official forty-four questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Described in-processing as "hasty." When asked about interrogation process, official stated that there was "[n]o ...
An Army questionnaire given to soldier including a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. The soldier that soldiers did not receive training on the Rules of Interaction and that there was no ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Physical assault, General
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

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
Questionnaire asked official questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Missing first pages. Answered questions regarding training procedures. [Contents redacted].
Questionnaire asked the official a series of questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Handwriting illegible] [content redacted].
Questionnaire asked the First Sergeant forty-one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. First Sergeant responded that in processing detainees, all males are removed from their homes, segregated, ...
July 15, 2005
Interview (Questionnaire)
Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
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
Questionnaire asked the Captain forty-one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Handwriting illegible] [contents redacted].
Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant forty-one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. Responded that there is no requirement to report abuse, only a "moral obligation" to report. Also, ...
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 ...
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. ...
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].
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 ...
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 ...
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. . ...
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].
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 ...
Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees. [Contents redacted].
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 ...
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)
Other