Air America sued by torture contractor

[donsu]

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Air America Radio Sued By Alleged Abu-Ghraib Torture Contractor


Air America Radio has been sued by defense contractor and alleged Abu Ghraib torture-accomplice CACI International, Inc. CACI has alleged defamation per se, according to documents filed last week in federal court. CACI claims material used by Randi Rhodes on her show in late August harmed the company and they are asking for 1 million dollars in damages and 10 million dollars in punitive damages.

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Air America Radio will likely counter-sue CACI accusing them of violating the SLAPP suit statute, because CACI , who in all probability has employees who are guilty of torture at Abu Ghraib, is trying to silence a media critic who is focusing on their alleged criminal acts.

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As such, CACI's case is extremely flimsy. Couple that with the fact that reporters such as Rhodes have broad First Amendment rights to report newsworthy information and you have a heavy-handed, frivolous-litigation strategy by CACI, which is likely to backfire. To boot, CACI may now be giving Air America's attorneys an opportunity to discover documents and depose witnesses, which might help defeat CACI's case and/or embarrass the company. Thus, it is likely now that more information will become available to the public about a serious crime against humanity caused, in part, by this US company and the resulting severe damage it has caused to the reputation of the United States of America.
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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I'm sure Rhandi

will be asking for the information and witnesses ASAP, and she'll present them on her show.

[annabanana]

2. (they have no suit if it's true)

- "for those in the know'"-

[Rick Myers]

3. The hubris and stupidity of these people is unreal!!!

They can only LOSE BIG in any sort of litigation, and their masters in the White House have their hands full of their own legal problems.

Friggin' idiots!!!

[Wickerman]

4. brilliant

this should be fun.

:popcorn:

Another wheel falls off the cart.

[annabanana]

5. God, I would LOVE to see these contractors..

who seemingly have to answer to NO ONE get raked over the coals publicly..
Think how good it would look for this administration that they hire these thugs and give them free rein so that they can maintain "plausible deniability" about torture.

[cry baby]

6. I wonder if Randi could ask for the hidden photos as evidence

in her suit to show that there was, indeed, torture by these people.

[Richard Steele]

7. Could they have made a DUMBER move? What are they smoking?

SNIP>
In fact, a military investigation,
which produced a document known as the Taguba report,
has identified CACI employees by name
who were involved in the torture. <ENDSNIP

There are certainly no grounds for a case here;
these idiots are just giving themselves more trouble.
And I believe the SLAPP statutes will make this
entire affair PROFITABLE ($$$) for AAR.

[RSchewe]

8. Randi Rhodes pointed this out last week on her show... n/t

[leveymg]

9. What did RR report that wasn't also in the NYT and the WashPost?

It's not like Rhodes made this up out of nothing. I recall reading about the CACI contractor case last summer in several very mainstream newspapers.

Is this a case of the company picking on what it thinks is the weakest of its critics? This isn't going to go over very well with a jury.

[LiberalEsto]

10. The torture victim(s) should sue that company.

Bet that would shut them up fast.

[annabanana]

11. Fortunately,

Randi triple-sources her show! I guess they don't know that!
-stupid thugs-