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Andrew Sullivan: U.S. stopped being a free country under Bush
Andrew Sullivan of The Dish claimed Monday night the United States stopped being a free country under the Bush administration, citing the alleged military detention and torture of U.S. citizen Jose Padilla. During a CNN panel discussion on the terrorist attack, Sullivan criticized what he saw as an overreaction to…
Family of American subjected to indefinite detention pleads for international human rights review
The family of Jose Padilla, an American citizen captured on U.S. soil and held without charge by the military as an enemy combatant, filed a petition (PDF) with the Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday seeking a human rights review of Padilla’s treatment. “[America's international] Obligations are long established,”…
Bush torture lawyer Yoo granted immunity from Padilla lawsuit
John Yoo, a former Department of Justice attorney who crafted legal memos authorizing the Bush administration’s notorious torture programs, will not have to face a lawsuit filed by Jose Padilla, an American citizen accused of terrorism who claims he was tortured while in U.S. military custody. In a unanimous decision…
Mother of tortured U.S. citizen appeals case to Supreme Court
On Monday, the mother of a U.S. citizen who was allegedly tortured at a naval base in Charleston asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other government officials on behalf of her son. Jose Padilla, a convicted terrorist, had sued Rumsfeld…
Appeals court rejects Padilla torture lawsuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against current and former government officials for their alleged roles in the detention and torture of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen and convicted terrorist. Padilla previously sued former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and…
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