Democrat Judge allows suit against Rumsfeld by former detainee, Obama's DoJ represented Rumsfeld...

I wasn't a fly on the wall in that procedure, but one might guess it was not the best case the government can present considering the far left politicians running the DoJ these days.


Judge Clears Army Vet to Sue Donald Rumsfeld Over Abduction & Torture Claims

Former Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, has some major problems on the horizon. For the second time, a judge is allowing an Army veteran who says he was imprisoned unjustly and tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq to sue him personally for damages.

The veteran’s identity is withheld in court filings, but he worked for an American contracting company as a translator for the Marines in the volatile Anbar province before being detained for nine months at Camp Cropper, a U.S. military facility near the Baghdad airport dedicated to holding “high-value” detainees.

The government says he was suspected of helping get classified information to the enemy and helping anti-coalition forces enter Iraq. But he was never charged with a crime and says he never broke the law.

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Judge S.Gwin was appointed by Bill Clinton.