Torture Lawsuit Rejected by Appeals Court 664

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A Washington appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a suit filed by an American citizen who said he was “illegally detained and tortured” in a South Carolina military jail. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer The court ruled that the man, who had been convicted on terrorism charges, had no right to sue and that “the judiciary cannot review such sensitive military decisions.” Allowing the suit to proceed, the court ruled, would open up “past executive deliberations affecting sensitive matters of national security to the prospect of searching judicial scrutiny.”  James Vicini, Chicago Tribune  01/23/2012  San Diego personal injury attorney

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