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Court nixes man’s suit claiming torture by CIA (HA, HA!)
msnbc ^ | 10/9/2007 | ap

Posted on 10/09/2007 7:39:51 AM PDT by tobyhill

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday terminated a lawsuit from a man who claims he was abducted and tortured by the CIA, effectively endorsing Bush administration arguments that state secrets would be revealed if the case were allowed to proceed.

Khaled el-Masri, 44, alleged that he was kidnapped by CIA agents in Europe and held in an Afghan prison for four months in a case of mistaken identity.

The administration has not publicly acknowledged that el-Masri was detained, and lower courts dismissed his suit after the administration asserted that state secrets would be revealed if the lawsuit were not blocked. The justices rejected his appeal without comment.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ciaprisons; khaledelmasri; scotus; terrortrials

1 posted on 10/09/2007 7:39:51 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

The Democrats in the CIA are again up to their old tricks.

This pooooor man...


2 posted on 10/09/2007 7:43:48 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: tobyhill
I wonder if he had his tin-foil headdress updated? It may be a little loose.


3 posted on 10/09/2007 7:44:20 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: tobyhill

No names or numbers. I wonder which and how many justices decided this.

MSNBC is not pleased.


4 posted on 10/09/2007 7:44:54 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero
They rejected his appeal without comment.

Ouch!

Buh-bye, Khaled. Or should that be Auf Weidersehen?

6 posted on 10/09/2007 7:47:14 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: Cicero

MSNBC has it in “Breaking News” even though every lower court has ruled against this guy before. It’s nice to know that at least the WOT still belongs to the Executive Branch in the USSC’s eyes.


7 posted on 10/09/2007 7:48:25 AM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: darkwing104

He was pointing his foil hat towards Alaska and missed the Mecca signal.


8 posted on 10/09/2007 7:50:03 AM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: tobyhill
Hollywood to the rescue! Rendition is coming soon.
9 posted on 10/09/2007 8:12:40 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
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To: tobyhill

Guy has a German passport. He can come here any time he wants and do whatever he can get away with.


10 posted on 10/09/2007 9:47:09 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: 3AngelaD

No really.


11 posted on 10/09/2007 8:46:26 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: 3AngelaD

Not really.


12 posted on 10/09/2007 8:46:31 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

Yes, really.


13 posted on 10/10/2007 6:09:23 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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