Torture Suit May Bedevil Trump Waterboarding Campaign Pledge
- Judge says he’ll allow suit blaming U.S. citizens for torture
- Psychologists acting as agents of CIA said claims were barred
Volunteer torture victim Maboub Ebrahimzdeh is restrained as human-rights activists demonstrate waterboarding on him in front of the Justice Department on Nov. 5, 2007, in Washington.
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A novel lawsuit seeking to hold Americans liable for complicity in alleged torture may haunt President-elect Donald Trump if he follows through on his pledge to bring back waterboarding “and worse” to fight terrorism.
Two psychologists who designed and personally administered an enhanced interrogation program at overseas CIA facilities in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks face claims that they are responsible for human rights abuses of two former prisoners and a third who died in custody.