Man Mistaken for Al Qaeda Leader Loses Appeal Over Torture Suit

A man who was mistaken for a senior leader of al Qaeda and subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” while being held at a CIA black site in Thailand can’t sue the two citizen-physiologists hired to design the interrogation program, the Ninth Circuit said Monday.

Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, also known as Abu Zubaydah, sued James Mitchell and John Jessen for damages under the Alien Tort Statute, alleging they committed torture and other violations of international law.

But the Military Commissions Act deprived the district court of jurisdiction to hear the case, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ...