Civilian on Trial on Charges of Beating an Afghan Prisoner

Publish date: 2024-04-09

It's the first time a civilian has been tried for overseas prisoner abuse. Prosecutors in federal court in Raleigh, N.C., say CIA contractor David Passaro repeatedly beat a military detainee who was in U.S. custody in Afghanistan; that man later died. Passaro says he did nothing wrong.

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