Ashcroft's Post-9/11 Roundups Spark Lawsuit

[kpete]

Source: IPS

Ashcroft's Post-9/11 Roundups Spark Lawsuit
By William Fisher

NEW YORK, Sep 27, 2010 (IPS) - Hundreds of people who believe they were falsely detained and imprisoned by the Department of Justice in the wake of the Sep. 11, 2001 attacks are now seeking redress through the U.S. courts.

The exact number of detainees is unclear, as no lists were ever released publicly. But according to a report by the Office of the Inspector General in 2002, 475 9/11 detainees were arrested and detained in New York and New Jersey. Hundreds more were arrested across the country.

Some of these men are plaintiffs in a federal class action lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and other top officials in the administration of President George W. Bush (2001-2009) who were responsible for their illegal roundup, abuse and detention.

The suit charges that the detainees were kept in solitary confinement with the lights on 24 hours a day; placed under a communications blackout so that they could not seek the assistance of their attorneys, families and friends; subjected to physical and verbal abuse; forced to endure inhumane conditions of confinement; and obstructed in their efforts to practice their religion.



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[smiley]

1. USA, USA, USA....

:patriot:

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[loudsue]

3. This justice dept will make short work of that lawsuit.

No bush people are EVER going to be tried for crimes.

[Javaman]

7. My first thought as well.

this will vanish like a fart in the wind.

[gratuitous]

4. Motion to dismiss

Lack of standing, failure to exhaust administrative remedies, er, statute of limitations, uh, national security, state secrets, ahm, failure to state a claim, uhhhh, sovereign immunity. That way, we don't turn these crimes against humanity into some kind of political football that could be used against a Democratic administration. See?

[COLGATE4]

5. You said it!

[hvn_nbr_2]

6. You forgot to mention divine right of kings, and those who think they're kings. nt