Donald Henry Rumsfeld the 79 year old former Secretary of Defense of the US lost a Federal Court ruling that enables a former US military contractor to sue him personally for damages relating to allegations the contractor was illegally imprisoned and tortured over a nine month period in Iraq. The civilian contractor a 50 year old former Army veteran, with skills in five languages had worked as a translator for the Marines collecting intelligence, claims he had been secretly abducted without justification by the US military, and held without his family’s knowledge. Although never charged with any crime, the military suspected he was passing classified information to insurgent forces assisting to bring other insurgents into the country. Rumsfeld’s defense argued that he cannot be sued personally for official conduct. Inspired by Nedra Pickler ow.ly/5XzwO image source Robert Ward ow.ly/5XzCZ They basically put him on ice (August 9 2011)

Donald Henry Rumsfeld the 79 year old former Secretary of Defense of the US lost a Federal Court ruling that enables a former US military contractor to sue him personally for damages relating to allegations the contractor was illegally imprisoned and tortured over a nine month period in Iraq. The civilian contractor a 50 year old former Army veteran, with skills in five languages had worked as a translator for the Marines collecting intelligence, claims he had been secretly abducted without justification by the US military, and held without his family’s knowledge. Although never charged with any crime, the military suspected he was passing classified information to insurgent forces assisting to bring other insurgents into the country. Rumsfeld’s defense argued that he cannot be sued personally for official conduct.

 

Inspired by Nedra Pickler http://ow.ly/5XzwO image source Robert Ward http://ow.ly/5XzCZ