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Jailed Contractor Sues US for Rendition, Torture under Obama

HeadlineAug 12, 2009

A Lebanese contractor is claiming to have been the first known victim of rendition and torture under President Obama. In a new lawsuit against the US government, Raymond Azar says he was coerced into confessing to bribing a contract officer after his arrest in Afghanistan in April. A federal agent reportedly threatened Azar with never seeing his family again. Azar also says he was hooded, shackled, photographed naked, strip-searched, subjected to extreme cold temperatures and sleep-deprived. Azar was eventually sent to the United States, where he now faces charges in a federal antitrust case.

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