Free Ride for Torturers

Well, except for the bottom-level grunts either obeying orders or given free rein to indulge their worst instincts - they got prison sentences. The ones who authorized torture, and defended torture, and shat upon the Constitution to justify torture - they walk free and proud.

 

Kevin Gosztola at Firedoglake:

A federal court dismissed a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The suit, brought by Donald Vance, a US Navy veteran and former defense contractor, and Nathan Ertel, also a former defense contractor, alleged he was responsible for torture they had experienced in an American-run prison in Iraq for nearly one hundred days. The dismissal effectively makes it even more impossible for US citizens to sue high-ranking officials, who are responsible for their torture.

I won't claim I know where this will lead, other than being sure that some shameful day, someone is going to point to this decision and say "There. That's where it started."