Appeals court rejects torture suit against Rumsfeld
Source: Reuters
Wed Nov 7, 2012 4:08pm EST
(Reuters) - Two American citizens cannot sue former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over allegations that they were tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel had said Rumsfeld and unnamed others allegedly developed, authorized and used harsh interrogation techniques against them in Iraq.
In an 8-3 ruling, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, in Chicago, found that the two men had no right to sue Rumsfeld and others in the military chain of command for damages.
The decision overturned decisions by a three-judge panel of the same appeals court and a federal judge in Illinois, which had allowed the suit to proceed despite efforts by the former Bush and current Obama administration to get the case dismissed.
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Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)No accountability.
I got into the wrong racket.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)the officers who gave the orders because they were following established procedures, not the vile scum who established the procedures because the lame court says you can't? WTF?
"This new absolute immunity applies not only to former Secretary Rumsfeld but to all members of the military, including those who were literally hands-on in torturing these plaintiffs," Judge David Hamilton wrote in his dissent.
Ain't America great?
valerief
(53,235 posts)is why I keep getting tripped up by this country's policies. Rendition, torture, you know, murder when torturing. WTF!