This article describes the Justice Department's investigation into the deaths of three detainees in U.S. custody, two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. The investigation focused on the role of CIA officers and contract employers in the deaths. As the article indicates this was a noteworthy because, "The Justice Department inquiry...means CIA employees or contractors may be prosecuted in civilian courts. Until now, only the military was known to be investigating the deaths and degrading treatment of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan."