Ex-CIA contractor charged with assault

[Rose Siding]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former CIA contractor accused of beating an Afghan prisoner who later died in custody was charged Thursday with allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, authorities said.

David Passaro — the first civilian to be prosecuted on charges of mistreating a military detainee in the U.S. war on terrorism — was arrested after his girlfriend told authorities that he pushed her into a door, causing her to fall down stairs.

He was charged with assault, injury to personal property and misdemeanor larceny.

Passaro, a former Special Forces soldier recruited by the CIA, also faces four counts of assault in Afghanistan. He is accused of beating prisoner Abdul Wali with his hands, feet and a large flashlight while Wali was interrogated for two days at an American base in Afghanistan in June 2003.

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[Jara sang]

1. What a lovely human being.

:sarcasm:

[gratuitous]

2. Assault? Pssssh!

He just wanted to know where she and her friends were going out for the evening. Just a little harmless prankery.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. yeah..he wouldn't have pushed her if she would have listened

:sarcasm:

[peacetalksforall]

3. CIA hires (contracts with) some loving guys. Makes you wonder what

the job description said and what they were really looking for when they hired this sick soul.

[whatelseisnew]

5. He claims to be a scapegoat by the military

following the Abu Ghraib scandal.