Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Another Torture Lawsuit Against Former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld

Former U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Appeals Court Allows US Citizens' Torture Suit Against Rumsfeld -- Christian Science Monitor

The judges ruled 2-to-1 that two US citizens can bring a civil suit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for their alleged torture while they were held in a US military prison in Iraq in 2006.

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld may be held personally responsible in a civil lawsuit for the alleged torture of two American citizens held without charge in a US military prison in Iraq in 2006, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

The panel voted 2-to-1 to allow a lawsuit filed by the two former detainees, Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel, to move forward toward a trial before a federal judge in Chicago.

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More News On U.S. Court Permitting 'Torture Lawsuit' Against Former Defense Secretary Defense Rumsfeld

Two American men CAN sue Donald Rumsfeld after 'being tortured by U.S. army in Iraq when they worked for security firm' -- Daily Mail
Donald Rumsfeld Faces Another Torture Lawsuit -- Wall Street Journal
'Tortured' US citizens allowed to sue Donald Rumsfeld -- BBC
US Court Upholds Torture Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld -- Voice of America
Two Men’s Lawsuit on Treatment by Troops to Go Forward, Appeals Court Says -- Bloomberg
Donald Rumsfeld can be held liable for alleged torture, court rules -- Herald Sun
Court won't dismiss Rumsfeld from suit -- UPI

My Comment: Andrew C. McCarthy's comments in NRO sums up perfectly why this ruling is dangerous, and why everyone in the defense establishment is against it. My prediction .... this court case will go nowhere.

2 comments:

Chudluv said...
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Chudluv said...

I believe is not dangerous because theses were American citizens working for the FBI against companies who were breaking the law. Tell me where it is ok/right to torture theses men?