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Court: Bush's attorney general can be sued over post-9/11 dententions

Rebecca Boone Philadelphia Inquirer 09/05/2009
 
Court: Bush's attorney general can be sued over post-9/11 dententions

BOISE, Idaho - A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke yesterday to the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 detention policies, ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks.