The Supreme Court declined without comment the case of 250 former Abu Ghraib detainees whose lawsuit against private contractors, for allegedly abusing and torturing Abu Ghraib inmates, had been thrown out of federal court.

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• PROMISES, PROMISES: Waiting for Abu Ghraib amends
  PROMISES, PROMISES: Waiting for Abu Ghraib amends

  Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, then- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees...

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• AP sources: Feds eye CIA officer in prisoner death
  

  AP sources: Feds eye CIA officer in prisoner death

  ADAM GOLDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON A...

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• PROMISES, PROMISES: No amends yet for Abu Ghraib?
  PROMISES, PROMISES: No amends yet for Abu Ghraib?

  Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered...

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• Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader Graner released from prison
  Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader Graner released from prison

  CHICAGO ( Reuters ) - The soldier who orchestrated abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison was released on Saturday after serving more than six years in a Kansas military prison barracks, a U.S...

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• U.S. views sought in Iraqi contractor torture case
  U.S. views sought in Iraqi contractor torture case

  WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - The Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. government for its views about a lawsuit claiming that employees of two defense contractors took part in the torture and abuse...

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