{"id":930,"date":"2007-03-28T09:51:30","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T15:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=930"},"modified":"2017-06-06T05:27:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T11:27:42","slug":"rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld Dismissed, AP<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit contends the prisoners were beaten, suspended upside down from the ceiling by chains, urinated on, shocked, sexually humiliated, burned, locked inside boxes and subjected to mock executions.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights First had argued that Rumsfeld and top military officials disregarded warnings about the abuse and authorized the use of illegal interrogation tactics that violated the constitutional and human rights of prisoners.<\/p>\n

(more)<\/a><\/p>\n

(photo)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld Dismissed, AP 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….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-related-news2"],"yoast_head":"\nRumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture • Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\"},\"headline\":\"Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-03-28T15:51:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-06T11:27:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rummy.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Bush Era\",\"Related News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture • Impeach for Peace\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rummy.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-03-28T15:51:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-06T11:27:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\"},\"description\":\"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rummy.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/03\\\/rummy.jpg\",\"width\":570,\"height\":420},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"description\":\"Citizen Impeachment Tool\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\",\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"description\":\"The citizen's Trump impeachment strategy. The rules of Congress stipulate citizens can initiate the process. A Missouri citizen (Luke) used this to impeach a federal judge. Spread the word. https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/cgi-bin\\\/diy.cgi?Trump\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/WeImpeach.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/WeImpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/weimpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/weimpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/@WeImpeach\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCnyJ_OG9sOXbbMFLJTBs_yA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/weimpeach.tumblr.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ifp\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture • Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/"},"author":{"name":"Impeach for Peace","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a"},"headline":"Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture","datePublished":"2007-03-28T15:51:30+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-06T11:27:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/"},"wordCount":153,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/rummy.jpg","articleSection":["Bush Era","Related News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/","name":"Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture • Impeach for Peace","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/rummy.jpg","datePublished":"2007-03-28T15:51:30+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-06T11:27:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a"},"description":"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/rumsfeld-cannot-be-tried-on-allegations-of-torture\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/rummy.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/rummy.jpg","width":570,"height":420},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/","name":"Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen Impeachment Tool","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a","name":"Impeach for Peace","description":"The citizen's Trump impeachment strategy. The rules of Congress stipulate citizens can initiate the process. A Missouri citizen (Luke) used this to impeach a federal judge. Spread the word. https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/cgi-bin\/diy.cgi?Trump","sameAs":["http:\/\/WeImpeach.org","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeImpeach\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weimpeach\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/weimpeach\/","https:\/\/x.com\/@WeImpeach","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnyJ_OG9sOXbbMFLJTBs_yA","https:\/\/weimpeach.tumblr.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/author\/ifp\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19936,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions\/19936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}