Torture Continues to be Legitimized by U.S. Legal SystemJoe Wright At issue are two Americans, Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel, who worked for a private Iraqi security firm named Shield Group Security. Courthouse News reports the harrowing experience the two men encountered after attempting to blow the whistle to the U.S. government about their employer potentially being involved in illegal arms trades and bribery: Despite a U.S. District Judge ruling that the lawsuit had merit, and the 7th Circuit temporarily agreeing, the 7th Circuit Court finally voted 8-3 to dismiss the suit. The ruling follows another made by the Supreme Court that rejected all of the Guantanamo detainee torture suits. In the Guantanamo ruling, Jose Padilla a U.S. citizen was at the center of claims made by detainees who have found themselves labeled enemy combatants within the global battlefield that is the War on Terror. The term enemy combatant was supposed to have been dropped in 2009, but it still persists within U.S. courts. In a previous article I wrote that: This new case dismissal involving the two former security employees, similar to the Padilla case, allows Donald Rumsfeld to once again walk away scot-free for his crimes against humanity, all in the name of the supposed preservation of state secrets. Ditto for torture memo author John Yoo, as well as other officials who laid the foundation and/or gave the orders for confinement and mistreatment. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has made it clear; the 4th Circuit Court; the 11th Circuit Court; the Supreme Court; and now the 7th. Welcome to the land of the lawless, home of the slave. Congress has clearly flatly refused to provide the framework under which to prosecute criminals at the highest levels. Congress, and the American legal system which gives it deference, are both completely subservient to the U.S. military-government the chain of command as noted in the latest complaint dismissal which is hell-bent on having its way with citizens of all nations. Now that the NDAA obliterates the right of Americans to be treated with dignity in peace time or war whether accused, falsely arrested, tortured, or found legitimately guilty the doctrine of U.S. torture is officially given free reign to engage in what used to be called atrocities and war crimes, but is now called preserving peace and democracy. Anytime, anywhere . . . . Main source for this article: Read other articles by Joe Wright Here 