Abu Ghraib Plaintiffs Try to Save Torture Case; U.S. Wants Out

Former Abu Ghraib prisoners pushed back against interrogation contractor CACI Premier Technology Inc.'s efforts to end a suit blaming CACI for the abuse they endured at the Iraqi prison in 2003 and 2004.

The court should reject CACI’s assertion that the case can’t proceed fairly as long as the Defense Department blocks access to interrogation records under the state secrets doctrine, plaintiffs told the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

CACI gained access to a “wealth of evidence potentially relevant” to the claims and defenses here, and doesn’t need the purportedly privileged information to defend itself, they ...