U.S. court rules for Rumsfeld in Iraq torture suit

June 17, 2012 by legitgov

U.S. court rules for Rumsfeld in Iraq torture suit 15 Jun 2012 A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a former U.S. government contractor who claimed he was tortured while detained by the U.S. military in Iraq cannot sue former Defense Secretary [war criminal] Donald Rumsfeld for money damages. In line with rulings by other appeals courts that decided similar cases, the three-judge panel said Congress has not authorized prisoners to sue U.S. military and government officials for their treatment while in detention. It ruled that a district court judge had been wrong in allowing the lawsuit to go forward and in rejecting Rumsfeld's motion to dismiss it.