Reuters.com reports:

Two U.S. human rights groups on Tuesday sued Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying he first authorized and then failed to stop torture of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It'll be interesting to see if this suit will actually go through or whether it will be dismissed. Reuters goes on,

The suit against Rumsfeld focuses on an order he signed on Dec. 2, 2002 which authorized new interrogation techniques for detainees in the "war on terror" being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The techniques included "stress positions," hooding, 20-hour interrogations, removal of clothing, exploiting phobias to induce stress, prolonged isolation and sensory deprivation.

Discourse.net has more on the suit. The ACLU's site has information about the suit as does Human Rights First's site. It just might be worth listening to Rush in the next few days to see how he and FOXNews plan on spinning this bit of news.
posted by Idle Crank at 3/01/2005 03:04:00 PM