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This morning, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit charging that Secretary
of Defense Donald Rumsfeld bears direct responsibility for the torture
and abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody. The lawsuit seeks a
court declaration that Secretary Rumsfeld violated the U.S. Constitution
and international laws.

Officials at the highest levels of government bear the ultimate
responsibility for the actions of the U.S. military. I urge you to join
us in our call for accountability by viewing a two-minute Web movie and
calling on the Attorney General to appoint an outside special counsel to
investigate how our government's torture policies took such a misguided
path. (Movie at http://aclu.org/)

This landmark lawsuit was filed by a coalition of human rights advocates
on behalf of eight former detainees who were incarcerated in U.S.
detention facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, where they were subjected
to torture and other cruel and degrading treatment. None of the men was
ever charged with a crime.