Torture is wrong. Of anyone. Anywhere.

A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a civil lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for the alleged torture by U.S. forces of two Americans who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm...

said his decision "represents a recognition that federal officials may not strip citizens of well settled constitutional protections against mistreatment simply because they are located in a tumultuous foreign setting."

see Illinois judge won't toss torture suit naming Rumsfeld

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This page contains a single entry by Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait published on March 6, 2010 12:43 AM.

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