U.S. Court Decides Rumsfeld Can't Be Tried on Torture Allegations

Maybe they should be trying the Hague

AP MATT APUZZO March 27, 2007 04:12 PM

Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture in overseas military prisons, a federal judge said Tuesday in a case he described as "lamentable."

U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan threw out a lawsuit brought on behalf of nine former prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said Rumsfeld cannot be held personally responsible for actions taken in connection with his government job.

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