Judges Skeptical of Detainee Case against Rumsfeld
By Pete Yost, Associated Press
Washington (AP) - A panel of judges has expressed doubts that former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and three former military officers can be sued for allegedly allowing torture in U.S. military prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In arguments Thursday in a federal appeals court, two of the three judges seemed skeptical that Rumsfeld and three U.S. military officials could face damage claims for exercising command responsibility over subordinates accused of torturing prisoners. Nine prisoners have filed suit.
Judge David Sentelle says lawyers for the detainees are going against two centuries of Supreme Court jurisprudence by seeking money for non-U.S. citizens held in a foreign country.
An attorney for the prisoners, Cecillia Wang, says Rumsfeld and the officers shouldn't be allowed to escape accountability.
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