Court allows Rumsfeld torture case

A lawsuit accusing former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for US forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move forward, a federal appeals court in the US has ruled.

The ruling by the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago comes just days after a similar decision by a federal judge in Washington which gave the green light to an Army veteran – who also alleges he was tortured in Iraq – to sue Mr Rumsfeld for damages.