Jose Padilla can't sue John Yoo, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules
(NEWSER) - Convicted terrorist Jose Padilla can't sue the Bush administration lawyer who helped craft the legal justification for torturing him—nor can any American citizen in the same predicament, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. Padilla, an American citizen dubbed an "enemy combatant" in 2002, has been trying to sue John Yoo, the UC Berkeley professor who wrote the infamous " torture memo " advising the Bush administration that it had broad powers in detaining and interrogating terrorists, the LA Times reports. More»
