Contractor (CACI) says immune from Iraq torture lawsuits

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Source: AP

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Defense contractor CACI (KA'-kee) is claiming immunity from lawsuits alleging torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, saying it was doing the U.S. government's work as a supplier of interrogators.

CACI International and a sister company, CACI Premier Technology, say in court documents that they'll employ that defense in a dismissal motion they plan to file next week in federal court in northern Virginia.

Eleven U.S. soldiers were convicted of breaking military laws in the Abu Ghraib scandal.

CACI and another contractor, L-3 Communications, are accused in separate lawsuits of a conspiracy to torture detainees in 2003 and 2004.

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1. The Nuremberg Defense

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Defense

[Solly Mack]

2. I'm running out of words to describe my anger, my disgust ,and my contempt

for my government.

[fascisthunter]

3. CACI, you are nothing but parasites on our Democracy

and when it is all over, we will crush you and label you as nazis.

[FreakinDJ]

9. Don't worry - no time statute of limitations for War Crimes

Every Dog has their day and soon they will get their's

[leveymg]

4. "My neighbor's dog, Sam, told me to do it." That defense worked, too.

They can share a cell with this guy.

[Gman]

5. I believe this was the preferred defense at the Nuremberg Trials

And we know how that worked out in an international court. Domestically, they'll walk but they're international war criminals and as such can be arrested and taken to the Hague for trial.

[bperci108]

6. Aren't these the same phuckwads that took Randi Rhodes to court....

...for saying precisely the same thing?

They claimed they were "defamed"...

What....By the truth? :wtf:

[Winterblues]

7. No One is immune from War Crime Prosecution....NO ONE

I hope they nail their hide to the door.

[FatDave]

8. Fine. How about a reduced sentence in exchange for testifying against Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice?

[bluesmail]

10. I want to FEEL justice while I'm still alive.