Gul Rahman

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Family of CIA 'Salt Pit' Victim:
Where Is His Body?

Apr 19, 2018 9:50 AM CDT

Family of CIA 'Salt Pit' Victim: Where Is His Body?

No one's been told what happened to Gul Rahman's remains after he died in Afghan prison in 2002

(Newser) - He died "starved, sleepless, and freezing" more than 15 years ago in an Afghan prison cell, and now his family wants to know where his body is. In what an ACLU attorney calls a "failure of basic human decency," the CIA is being accused by relatives of...

Justice Department to Begin Criminal Inquiries Into the Deaths of Two Detainees in US Custody

US to Investigate Deaths
of Two Detainees

Jun 30, 2011 4:24 PM CDT

US to Investigate Deaths of Two Detainees

Holder orders pair of inquiries but drops nearly 100 others

(Newser) - The is-it-torture debate is probably going to rev up again: The Justice Department says it will launch criminal inquiries into the deaths of two detainees in US custody in 2002 and 2003, reports the Washington Post . Eric Holder gave the green light on the recommendation of federal prosecutor John Durham,...

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