The Council of Europe has begun investigating whether the CIA illegally used European airports in order to transfer detainees to secret prisons. Iceland, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, Spain and Germany are carrying out independent investigations to determine if the CIA used air bases located in those countries for extraordinary renditions. The Washington Post recently reported the CIA had two secret prisons located inside Eastern Europe. The Post declined to identify the location of the countries at the request of the Pentagon but Human Rights Watch has stated the prisons are likely in Poland and Romania.