A group of liberal attorneys has filed lawsuits against US military contractors for allegedly torturing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The lead attorney, Susan Burke, is a left-wing activist who donates to Democrats. Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
A Renton man who worked as an interrogator for CACI Inc. is among defendants named in federal lawsuits filed Monday by three Iraqis and a Jordanian alleging that they were tortured by U.S. military contractors while detained at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.
The lawsuits, which echo others in recent years by the same lawyers, allege that those arrested and taken to the prison were subjected to forced nudity, electrical shocks, mock executions and other inhumane treatment. They seek payments high enough to compensate the detainees for their injuries, and to deter contractors from such conduct in the future.
"These innocent men were senselessly tortured by U.S. companies that profited from their misery," said lead attorney Susan Burke of the Philadelphia law firm Burke O'Neil. "These men came to U.S. courts because our laws, as they have for generations, allow their claims to be heard here."
I know you will be shocked to learn that the lead attorney, Susan Burke, is a Democrat. She works at the Philadelphia law firm Burke O'Neil. According to election donation records, Susan Burke is quite the Agent of Change. She donated $2,000 to John Kerry in 2004, $1,000 to Emily's List in 2007, $7,900 to Hillary Clinton in 2007, and, $1,000 to the left-leaning Congressional Campaign Committee in 2007.
I find it odd that one of the lawsuits is against a lowly guy in Renton, Washington, who lives in a rental. What's that all about?
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