Judge denies request to dismiss case against psychologists
Source: Associated Press
Martha Bellisle, Associated Press
Updated 5:54 pm, Friday, July 28, 2017
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a jury should decide whether two psychologists who helped design the CIA's harsh interrogation methods used in the war on terror should be held accountable for the suffering that at least one detainee suffered under the program.
U.S. District Judge Justin Quackenbush refused to immediately rule in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the lawsuit on the behalf of three former detainees and argued the psychologists were the architects of what became the CIA's torture program following the Sept. 11 attacks. The men were subjected to physical assaults and sleep deprivation, forced to stand for days in diapers with their arms chained overhead, doused with icy water and stuffed into boxes.
Quackenbush said the evidence warrants a trial on the issues. The trial is set for Sept. 5.
The case will move forward for the representatives of the estate of Gul Rahman, who was "starved, sleepless and freezing" before he died of hypothermia while chained in a prison cell following extended interrogation.
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