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waiting for hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:17 AM
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Update on ACLU lawsuit against Rumsfeld
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.



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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:19 AM
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1. Gonzales wrote the memo at the request of his boss, Bush.
The entire administration is responsible for torture/abuse policies. They are war criminals, period.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 09:14 AM
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5. Gonzales got the credit for the memmo but...
David Addington came up with it!
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:21 AM
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2. I saw some of Nightline last night.
WHY did it have to be a Monday Night FOOTBALL night to air this show? It was 11:30 by the time it aired and I just couldn't stay awake for the whole thing. What I saw was VERY damaging to the "we don't torture" idiot. Once again, it showed the man is a LIAR.
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waiting for hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:29 AM
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3. I missed last night
but plan to catch Cooper tonight....:popcorn:
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 09:12 AM
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4. Could be no one has told Bush yet. He does not read
that is is tells us he reads no news papers. Then I have trouble believing anything he speaks. And always have.
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