Judge allows suit against Rumsfeld over detainee torture in Iraq
A federal judge allowed former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to be personally sued by a U S contractor held at Camp Cropper near Baghdad airport. The man alleges torture and unlawful detention from December 2004 to August 2006 and seeks constitutional redress. The case marks a rare instance of high level official liability for wartime detention practices.
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