A US district judge has dismissed a case against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and US military officials over the deaths of two Guantánamo Bay prisoners. The military has claimed the prisoners — Yasser Al-Zahrani and Salah Al-Salami — and another prisoner committed suicide at Guantánamo in 2006. But a recent article in Harper’s Magazine said the prisoners may have been suffocated and tortured at a secret black site facility at Guantánamo known as “Camp No.” The prisoners’ families had been seeking damages under the Alien Tort Claims Act. But on Tuesday, District Judge Ellen Huvelle said their case is barred by the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Gitmo Deaths
HeadlineFeb 17, 2010