Reply #5: Rumsfeld is NOT being sued [View All]

[TechBear_Seattle]

It is the Pentagon, a government agency, which is being sued. Rumsfeld is named in the suit as a legal formality; as Secretary of Defense, he is ultimately responsible (in theory, anyway) for any lawbreaking or other malfeasance that the Pentagon does. The others named in the suit -- David Chu, Under Secretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, and Matt Boehmer, the Pentagon's director of advertising and market research studies -- are likewise not being sued; they are mentioned because they represent the chain of command leading to the database at the center of the suit. But even if Rummy did directly and willfully violate the law (or order others under his command to violate the law), he can not be sued directly until he is out of power.