In March the ACLU, joined by Human Rights First, filed a landmark lawsuit charging Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and others with torture and abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Last week, President Bush declared to the world "We don't torture." Our clients tell a different story. Two of the plaintiffs are now in the United States to help our leaders and the public learn from firsthand accounts about the atrocities committed in our name and the direct responsibility U.S. officials bear for such torture and abuse.
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of eight men subjected to torture and abuse under U.S. policies. Two of the plaintiffs are now in the United States to help our leaders and the public learn from firsthand accounts about the atrocities committed in our name. This story is featured Monday night this week on ABC's "Nightline." Learn more at
http://www.abcnews.com/nightline. The plaintiffs and the Rumsfeld lawsuit will also appear in several major newspapers, including the Washington Post, and on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Tuesday.