First came MSNBC's poll on Bush, now there's an international lawsuit zeroing in on current and former Bush Administration stars. A lawsuit out of Germany has targeted Rumsfeld, Gonzales and Tenet for their actions
that brought us Iraq, Abu Ghraib and Gitmo.
That Karma, she's a vindictive bitch.
Just days after his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about
to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan. New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany's
top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld,
along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet
and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles
in abuses committed at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention
facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.The plaintiffs in the case include 11 Iraqis who were prisoners at Abu Ghraib,
as well as Mohammad al-Qahtani, a Saudi held at Guantanamo, whom the U.S.
has identified as the so-called "20th hijacker" and a would-be participant
in the 9/11 hijackings. As TIME first reported in June 2005, Qahtani underwent
a "special interrogation plan," personally approved by Rumsfeld,
which the U.S. says produced valuable intelligence. But to obtain it, according
to the log of his interrogation and government reports, Qahtani was subjected
to forced nudity, sexual humiliation, religious humiliation, prolonged stress
positions, sleep deprivation and other controversial interrogation techniques.Exclusive:
Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse
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