Tag: torture
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judge weighs torture claim vs rumsfeld
from ventura county state: A federal judge on Friday appeared reluctant to give Donald H. Rumsfeld immunity from torture allegations, yet said it would be unprecedented to let the departing defense secretary face a civil trial. “What you’re asking for has never been done before,” U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan told lawyers for the…
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rumsfeld ok’d abuses at abu ghraib
from reuters: Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the prison’s former U.S. commander said in an interview on Saturday. Former U.S. Army Brigadier General Janis Karpinski told Spain’s El Pais newspaper she had seen a letter apparently signed by Rumsfeld which allowed civilian contractors to…