Resource: Ali v. Rumsfeld - Case Profile

By: ACLU

March 19, 2012

American Civil Liberties Union

In March 2005, the ACLU and Human Rights First filed a landmark lawsuit charging former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior military leaders with direct responsibility for the torture and abuse of detainees. The suit was brought on behalf of nine men subjected to torture and abuse under Rumsfeld's command.

https://www.aclu.org/cases/ali-v-rumsfeld-case-profile