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.
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] ...
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 ...
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 ...
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."
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Questionnaire asked the First Lieutenant forty-six questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees.
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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 ...
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 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. . ...
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.
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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 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 Captain forty-one questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees.
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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 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, ...
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 ...
Questionnaire asked official questions regarding soldier training, soldier morale and the treatment of detainees.
Missing first pages. Answered questions regarding training procedures.
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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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-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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
General Bantz J. Craddock, Commander United States Southern Command, ordered an AR 15-6 investigation into alleged instances of abuse at Guantanamo. He appointed Brigadier General John T. Furlow and Lieutenant General Randall M. Schmidt to ...
This Article 32 Proceeding pertains to charges brought against four (4) soldiers for causing the drowning deaths of two (2) Iraqis in the Tigris River outside Samarra, Iraq on January 3, 2004 by forcing them in to the river. The soldiers were ...
Court Martial proceedings of Staff Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie, of the 320th MP Battalion at Camp Bucca, Iraq. Charged in relation to incident involving McKenzie abusing Iraqi prisoners of war when they were transported to Camp Bucca. He was one ...
This document is the Charge Sheet against Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie for his Court Martial on abusing Iraqi detainees. It includes the charges; Articles of the UCMJ he is accused of violating; details of the charges; Sgt. McKenzie's plea to each ...
This is the transcript of the Article 32 Proceeding investigating the charges of detainee abuse committed by Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie and three other soldiers of detainees as they arrived at Camp Bucca on May 12, 2003. The charges include ...
This document is part of the transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie. The transcript starts in the middle of counsel's questing of a witness, and concludes with the proceedings being recessed.
This document is the continued transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie. This transcript picks-up after a recess in the hearing. It starts at 8:00 am on September 1, 2003 and recesses again at 5:05 pm on ...