Talk:Donald Rumsfeld

Why does Wolfgang Kaleck redirect here?
Probably because he too was suspected to be a lizard?

Civil actions
On March 1, 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights First filed a lawsuit against Rumsfeld in a federal court in Illinois on behalf of eight detainees who they say were subjected to torture and abuse by U.S. forces. A federal judge dismissed the charges against Rumsfeld, citing the legal precedent that U.S. Government officials cannot be held personally responsible for actions committed while in office.

On December 18, 2006, U.S. citizen Donald Vance filed suit against Rumsfeld and the U.S. government alleging illegal incarceration and torture he endured in Iraq, including violation of habeas corpus rights. Vance, a former U.S. Navy sailor, went to Iraq as a civilian security-contractor for Shield Group Security (SGS). When Vance felt he was in grave danger, U.S. forces retrieved him from the Red Zone, but subsequently detained him without charges for 97 days at Camp Cropper. As of early 2008, the case had not proceeded past the evidentiary stage.

Criminal charges sought
A group of activists spearheaded by the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights has sought to bring criminal charges against Rumsfeld twice in Germany. , at least once in France , Sweden and Argentina, and has indicated an intention to do so in Spain. . The accusation is of command responsibility for alleged human rights violations committed by American forces under his direction against detainees in the War on Terrorism, or of giving improper legal advice leading to the same. The activists have also pursued former CIA Director George Tenet; Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, then-Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Stephen Cambone; former Assistant Attorneys General Jay Bybee and John Yoo, lawyers William James Haynes II and David Addington, and numerous lower-ranking military officers. The suits in Germany and France were rejected by local prosecutors.

Manfred Nowak, the special representative on torture at the UN Commission on Human Rights stated in January 2009 that Donald Rumsfeld and others should be prosecuted for war crimes due to their approval of the interrogation methods used on prisoners at the USA military base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

This is an interesting fact
Not necessary going to go to the front page, but gosh, thats a tad insane

Mr Rumsfeld was sent a careful, conscientious 900-page report by the state department containing detailed plans for the post-invasion period. He reportedly dumped it, unopened, straight into his waste-paper basket.

This is from here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11135500

War Criminal
In light of all the panegyrics being published now that he's dead, why has all the text describing his war crimes been scrubbed from the BLP? 69.172.145.94 (talk) 21:14, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

propaganda must be doing its job L33tSpeak (talk) 02:12, 20 October 2021 (UTC)