ACLU and Human Rights First Charge Rumsfeld Responsible for Torture in U.S. District Court
1 March 2005
The ACLU and Human Rights First have filed a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, in a Northern Illinois U.S. District Court today. They charge that “Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bears direct responsibility for the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody.” Former government and military officials have joined the lawsuit as co-counsel.
Lead counsel in the lawsuit, Lucas Guttentag says Rumsfeld, “gives lip service to being responsible but has not been held accountable for his actions.” The groups have charged Rumsfeld with violations of the United States Constitution and international laws “prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.”
They also charge that “charges that brutal and illegal interrogation techniques were personally approved by Secretary Rumsfeld in December 2002” and that although some techniques approved in 2002 were later rescinded, “Rumsfeld personally approved a new list in April 2003.”
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