Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Raw Story
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for creating policies that caused American civilians to be tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq.
In a 2 to 1 decision, the court ruled that the lawsuit filed by Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel, two American citizens who were allegedly tortured at a U.S. military prison in Iraq in 2006, provided adequate evidence that Rumsfeld was personally responsible for their treatment and that Rumsfeld was not entitled to qualified immunity.
"If the plaintiffs’ allegations are true, two young American civilians were trying to do the right thing by becoming whistleblowers to the U.S. government, but found themselves detained in prison and tortured by their own government, without notice to their families and with no sign of when the harsh physical and psychological abuse would end," they wrote their decision (PDF).
The court did not address the factual allegations made by Vance and Ertel, only the validity of their lawsuit. The former Bush and current Obama administration have tried to have the case dismissed.
The two young men moved to Iraq in 2005 and 2006 to help "rebuild the country and achieve democracy." They worked for a privately-owned security company called Shield Group Security.
Vance and Ertel began working with the FBI after they became suspicious that Shield Group Security was engaged in corruption and other illegal activities. The two men shared Shield Group Security documents with U.S. officials and reported their observations, including evidence that U.S. and Iraqi government officials were involved with illegal arms trading, stockpiling of weapons, and bribery...[Full Article]
Labels: Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq, torture
Friday, February 25, 2011
Infowars
February 25, 2011
The Opie and Anthony Show had comedian Louis CK in studio while they were interviewing Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld had troubles answering a question, obviously being a humorous one, from Louis CK.
In a more serious tone here is the clip of Mancow Muller on The Alex Jones show discussing how Rumsfeld did not know about Building 7.
Labels: Building 7, Donald Rumsfeld, Opie and Anthony
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Donald Rumsfeld Uses Jedi Mind Trick on Mancow: "What is Building 7?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8HdOABC_U0
Talk radio host Mancow Muller also makes an appearance on today's show. Alex also covers the latest news and takes your calls.
www.mancow.com/
http://www.infowars.com/
http://www.prisonplanet.tv/
Labels: Alex Jones, Building 7, Donald Rumsfeld, Mancow, video, WTC 7
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Anthony Antonello asks Donald Rumsfeld if he ever found that missing $2.3 Trillion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUi7JsH4Xb8
Anthony Antonello and Danny Panzella wait to ask Donald Rumsfeld if he ever found that $2.3 Trillion that he said was unaccounted for at a press conference the day before 9/11.
Labels: Donald Rumsfeld, Pennsylvania, video, We Are Change, WeAreChange
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