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27-Mar-2007, 03:54 PM #1
Judge Dismisses Torture Lawsuit
Judge Dismisses Torture Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld


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(AP) WASHINGTON Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture in overseas military prisons, a federal judge said Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan threw out a lawsuit brought on behalf of nine former prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said Rumsfeld cannot be held personally responsible for actions taken in connection with his government job.
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"Despite the horrifying torture allegations," Hogan wrote, he could find no case law supporting the lawsuit, which he previously had described as unprecedented.
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Allowing the case to go forward, Hogan said in December, might subject government officials to all sorts of political lawsuits. Even Osama bin Laden could sue, Hogan said, claiming two American presidents threatened to have him murdered.
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27-Mar-2007, 05:01 PM #2
What happens now?Can they take it any further?
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27-Mar-2007, 05:13 PM #3
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What happens now?Can they take it any further?
They can torture Rumsfield, charges will be dismissed !
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27-Mar-2007, 05:18 PM #4
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Allowing the case to go forward, Hogan said in December, might subject government officials to all sorts of political lawsuits. Even Osama bin Laden could sue, Hogan said, claiming two American presidents threatened to have him murdered.
That seems pretty straightforward to me.
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27-Mar-2007, 05:28 PM #5
I heard Osama sued Bush for making it to easy for him to operate?
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27-Mar-2007, 05:29 PM #6
"Even Osama Bin Laden could sue,Hogan said,claiming two American presidents threatened to have him murdered."...And this mans a judge?
Whatever happened to .."and the buck stops here."
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27-Mar-2007, 05:38 PM #7
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"Even Osama Bin Laden could sue,Hogan said,claiming two American presidents threatened to have him murdered."...And this mans a judge?
Apparently he is. What are your qualifications.
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Whatever happened to .."and the buck stops here."
That went out with the president who had the lowest approval ratings in history(the one who coined that phrase, FYI).
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27-Mar-2007, 05:59 PM #8
Taking with him any credibility America ever had?
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Taking with him any credibility America ever had?
uhhh... What?

You do realize I was talking about Truman, don't you?
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27-Mar-2007, 08:54 PM #10
Judge Hogan is one tough dude and very smart. I like trying cases in front of him. He books no shat.

The case can be appealed (DC Court of Appeals training ground for the Supreme Court unless you smoked marijuana), it will be shot down there as well. Next stop after that is the Supremes by Writ of Cert, won't happen. Case dies at the DC Court of Appeals.
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27-Mar-2007, 11:02 PM #11
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Judge Dismisses Torture Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld


Danged activist judges!





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