CIA contractor guilty in Afghan prisoner beating

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug 17 (Reuters) A former CIA contractor was found guilty yesterday of assaulting an Afghan prisoner who later died in a case that raised questions about the treatment of detainees by US interrogators.

David Passaro, a former Special Forces medic, was convicted on one felony charge of assault causing serious injury, and three misdemeanor charges of simple assault. He was the first civilian to be charged with abusing a detainee in the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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