Rumsfeld Sued For Torture

[WilliamPitt]

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/3/1/124617/0283

[CatBoreal]

1. Nail his ass!

Thanks Will!

[wtmusic]

2. Will - "read the rest here" link...

goes to another website? :shrug:

[WilliamPitt]

3. Um...yeah.

The website with the press releases and data on the subject. Pretty standard practice.

[wtmusic]

5. "Um...sure."

No press releases. Might want to check that one again.

[FreedomAngel82]

7. I hope this is true

It would be great! His butt needs to be held accountable. They all do! Especially Bush.

[WilliamPitt]

8. This isn't a press release?

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/media/2005_alerts/etn_0301_lit.htm

It's right there on the page.

[ET Awful]

10. Yup, all the links were just like Will said they were.

Looks fine to me Will.

[ultraist]

4. Groups charged Rumsfeld with violations of US Constitution & Interntl law

This is great news. Criminal charges also need to be brought against Rumsfeld

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/media/2005_alerts/etn_0301_lit.htm

In legal papers, the groups charged Secretary Rumsfeld with violations of the U.S. Constitution and international law prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment. The lawsuit also seeks compensatory damages for the harms suffered as a result of torture and other abuse.

According to the complaint, Secretary Rumsfeld “authorized an abandonment of our nation’s inviolable and deep-rooted prohibition against torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of detainees in U.S. military custody.” The complaint further charges that brutal and illegal interrogation techniques were personally approved by Secretary Rumsfeld in December 2002. Those techniques included the use of “stress positions,” 20-hour interrogations, the removal of clothing, the use of dogs, isolation, and sensory deprivation.

Although some of these techniques were later rescinded, Rumsfeld personally approved a new list in April 2003, which included dietary manipulation, sensory deprivation and “false flag” (leading detainees to believe that they have been transferred to a country that permits torture). He also made clear that harsher techniques could be used with his personal authorization.

[Cleita]

6. Fantastic! This is only a minor salvo, but let's hope it's a beginning

of more to come. This is how we are going to bring down our homegrown Nazis, in the courts, lawsuit by lawsuit, criminal charge by criminal charge. Our election system has been compromised, but I don't think a majority of the courts have been yet, unless they kill a few and everyone gets scared.

[paineinthearse]

9. Great reporting, Will. nt

[WilliamPitt]

11. .

[TWiley]

12. Now THAT is why I am a member of the ACLU.

I do wish more folks would support them. They really do stand up for the civil liberties of us all.

Thanks for the story Mr. Pitt; It made my day.

[mwb970]

13. Drip, drip, drip... (n/t)