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المقال

10 فبراير 2009

الكاتب:
Mike Scarcella, Blog of LegalTimes

Federal Appeals Court Hears Abu Ghraib Torture Suits [USA]

...[The] U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...grappled with issues in two tort suits by private parties against government contractors over their alleged role in abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq…A Williams & Connolly partner…urged the panel judges…to affirm a D.C. federal district court ruling that found a government contractor immune in a Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit…CACI provided interrogators [for the govt.], and Titan [now L-3 Titan, part of L-3 Communications] offered up translators…U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson in 2007 denied CACI's motion for summary judgment and ordered a jury trial. Titan won its motion for summary judgment.

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US court hears appeal of dismissed lawsuits against CACI, L-3 Titan over alleged involvement in Abu Ghraib abuses

Ex-Abu Ghraib detainees lawsuits against CACI, Titan (now L-3)