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| Lawsuit Filed Against U.S. Contractors Over Iraq Abuse |
| 2004-06-09 |
| Two U.S. defense contractors were accused in a class-action suit on Wednesday of conspiring with U.S. officials to torture and abuse prisoners in Iraq. The suit, filed in San Diego, alleged San-Diego based Titan Corp. and CACI International of Arlington, Virginia, engaged in "heinous and illegal acts" to show they could get intelligence from detainees, and thereby obtain more government contracts. Employees from both firms, which provided interrogation and translation services in Iraq, were named in a report on Iraqi prison abuse by U.S. Army investigator Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba...The two companies are accused of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, an anti-conspiracy law originally enacted to target organized crime...The lawsuit charged that Stephen Stefanowicz and John Israel of CACI Inc. and [Adel]Nahkla "directed and participated in illegal conduct" at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad... The lawsuit also alleged CACI and Titan created a joint enterprise with a third party that became known as "Team Titan" which was hired by the United States to provide interrogation services in Iraq... |
| Posted by:rex |
| #5 In the next war, let's have their lawyers line up against our lawyers. It'll last for years, accomplish nothing, keep them busy enough to stay out of our lives, and nobody will care who wins or loses. Sorry, cingold. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-10 12:18:11 AM |
| #4 In a class-action suit, shouldn't the class have lived in the jurisdiction of the court? Or are the lawyers (no doubt some insane lefty group) claiming US courts have jurisdiction EVERYWHERE? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-06-09 11:53:18 PM |
| #3 I don't understand. |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-09 11:43:53 PM |
| #2 This question came up before regarding charges against "civilian" contractors employed in Iraq interrogating prisoners.Last I heard the Justice Dept. was reviewing it.Now this. |
| Posted by: rich woods 2004-06-09 11:10:28 PM |
| #1 This is insane. Since when does a private group get to file a claim in the area of national defense/security? If this suit gets passed a first motion hearing, do I get to file a suit against this 'Center for Constitutional Rights for endangering national security? Could they survive a class action suit of that kind? |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-06-09 11:05:37 PM |