David Passaro (b. 1966), a CIA contractor and former U.S. Army special operations soldier, was charged on June 17, 2004 with two counts each of assault and assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the June 21, 2003 death in Afghanistan of Abdul Wali. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abdul Wali was an Afghan man who died in US custody on June 21, 2003, aged 28. ...

Wali turned himself in at a U.S. base in Afghanistan on June 18, 2003 to talk to authorities about rocket attacks against the base. He died three days later. At the time of Wali's death, Passaro was on leave from a civilian Army medical job at Fort Bragg and performing contract work for the CIA. June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and United States Army base, or post, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, near Fayetteville. ...

Passaro was the first civilian to receive charges in connection with the prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. Passaro is the first American charged under the USA Patriot Act, which extended the reach of stateside prosecutors overseas. The trial is scheduled for summer 2006 in Raleigh, NC, and he faces up to 40 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle will let Passaro's lawyer, Federal Public Defender Thomas P. McNamara, present evidence to a jury to bolster Passaro's claim that he was doing his job when he beat Wali.

In 1990, Passaro graduated from the police academy in Hartford, Connecticut. He was relieved of duty after he was arrested by state police. Passaro's ex-wife, Kerry, stated that he had assaulted a neighbor and was violent throughout their marriage. This article is about the year. ... Nickname: The Insurance Capital of the World, New Englands Rising Star Official website: www. ...