ACLU To Sue Rumsfeld

(Washington) The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights First plan to file suit today in U.S. District Court charging Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and other senior officials with responsibility for injuries to prisoners in custody of U.S. Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The two groups issued a statement contending that prisoners were physically and psychologically injured through torture and other cruel and degrading treatment. Details of the lawsuit will be announced at a news conference later today.

A previous attempt to have Rumsfeld prosecuted by a German court, which claims world-wide jurisdiction for human rights cases, was unsuccessful.