Conversation so far:
Where did Khalid El-Masri's torture occur?
Khalid El-Masri was flown to Afghanistan, where he was held at a black site and routinely interrogated, beaten, strip-searched, and sodomized.
Who was in charge of Khalid El-Masri's torture?
Khalid El-Masri was under CIA custody while being tortured.
What group was being tortured by the CIA?
Was there a war going on during the time of Khalid El-Masri's torture?
Which terrorists were targeted by the CIA during Khalid El-Masri's torture?
What were Khalid El-Masri's crimes that led to his torture?
Head of the al Qaeda division of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center, Alfreda Frances Bikowsky, on the basis of a hunch assumed that Khalid El-Masri was involved in terrorism.

Question: what was the motive of the CIA?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the motive of the CIA in regards to Khalid El-Masri's torture?