In other news, a former CIA contractor has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison over the beating death of an Afghan prisoner. The contractor, David Passaro, was convicted for abusing Abu Wali with his fists and a flashlight. Wali, a young farmer, died the next day. He had voluntarily turned himself in to a U.S. military base after hearing he was suspected of involvement in rocket attacks. During the trial, Passaro’s defense team made unsuccessful attempts to subpoena senior U.S. officials in an effort to prove the beatings were implicitly authorized at the highest level.