Aug 10, 2017

Reddit // RT | Aug 9, 2017 | Contractors who created CIA’s torture program will face trial by jury | Blogger: There was finally some justice to shut down CIA's many torture programs... ".. This is a historic day for our clients and all who seek accountability for torture,” ACLU attorney Dror Ladin told AP. “The court’s ruling means that for the first time, individuals responsible for the brutal and unlawful CIA torture program will face meaningful legal accountability for what they did. Our clients have waited a long time for justice.. ” |

The case against two psychologists who were paid over $80 million to devise the CIA’s torture program under the Bush administration will go to trial, after a federal judge in Spokane, Washington, denied their request to throw the lawsuit out.

A jury will hear the lawsuit, Salim v. Mitchell, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three former detainees against James Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen, US District Judge Justice Quackenbush said in a written order on Monday, according to AP.
The plaintiffs are suing under the Alien Tort Statute, accusing Mitchell and Jessen of committing of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, non-consensual human experimentation and war crimes..... [READ MORE]