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The first civilian is indicted in connection to the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, David Pasaro (ph) -- Passaro, that is, an independent contractor working for the CIA at a detention facility in Afghanistan.
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The 16 at night we were as farre as Capo Passaro, which is the Southeast part of Sicilia.,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The 16 at night we were as farre as Capo Passaro, which is the Southeast part of Sicilia.,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Gerald V. Passaro II and Thomas M. Buckholz had been a couple for 13 years when they were married in 2008 in Connecticut, which legally blesses such relationships.
Edie and Jerry: The real people behind DOJ's shift on DOMA 2011
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Passaro is one of the plaintiffs in a separate lawsuit in Connecticut.
Edie and Jerry: The real people behind DOJ's shift on DOMA 2011
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But when he died in 2009, Passaro was denied benefits for surviving spouses.
Edie and Jerry: The real people behind DOJ's shift on DOMA 2011
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Windsor and Passaro offer convincing arguments for why the jurists overseeing their respective cases should reach the same result.
Edie and Jerry: The real people behind DOJ's shift on DOMA 2011
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The next year Passaro, a former Green Beret and Delta Force medic who had gone through the punishing SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) training, was contracted by the CIA as a paramilitary specialist.
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In 2004, Passaro was charged with assaulting Wali, an Afghan suspected of participating in rocket attacks, by kicking him and beating him into unconsciousness with a flashlight.
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Passaro, the only CIA employee to be prosecuted for mistreating detainees, was convicted in 2006 and sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison.
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