Terrorism

2nd Circuit Tosses Extraordinary Rendition Suit Against Ashcroft

By Debra Cassens Weiss

Nov 3, 2009, 06:38 am CST

A federal appeals court has ruled a Canadian engineer can’t sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft and other government officials for transferring him to Syria in 2002, where he claims he was tortured.

The New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 7-4 en banc ruling… full story