Thomas Veil
Feb 4, 2005, 06:23 PM
...the fact that he's still here.
Apparently, Rummy tried to resign twice (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6909202/) over the Abu Ghraib scandal, but Bush wouldn't accept his resignation.
Also of interest: check out the reason why Rumsfeld won't be attending a European defense summit next week:
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld twice submitted his resignation last year during the scandal over the U.S. abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, but President Bush declined both times, he said in an interview airing Thursday.
The Abu Ghraib issue continues to dog Rumsfeld, who said at the height of the scandal last year that he would step down if he felt he could no longer be effective. He told reporters Thursday that he might skip next week’s European defense summit in Germany because of a lawsuit filed against him over the abuse at Abu Ghraib, the prison where U.S. soldiers were photographed abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi detainees....
The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights filed a suit with German federal prosecutors in November charging that Rumsfeld and other U.S. officials were responsible for acts of torture against detainees at Abu Ghraib. The lawsuit was filed in Germany because it allows for the prosecution of war crimes and human rights violations across national boundaries.Yeah, even if it's "just" a lawsuit, as opposed to a criminal charge, I don't think Rummy wants to be caught up in a war crimes trial.
Apparently, Rummy tried to resign twice (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6909202/) over the Abu Ghraib scandal, but Bush wouldn't accept his resignation.
Also of interest: check out the reason why Rumsfeld won't be attending a European defense summit next week:
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld twice submitted his resignation last year during the scandal over the U.S. abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, but President Bush declined both times, he said in an interview airing Thursday.
The Abu Ghraib issue continues to dog Rumsfeld, who said at the height of the scandal last year that he would step down if he felt he could no longer be effective. He told reporters Thursday that he might skip next week’s European defense summit in Germany because of a lawsuit filed against him over the abuse at Abu Ghraib, the prison where U.S. soldiers were photographed abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi detainees....
The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights filed a suit with German federal prosecutors in November charging that Rumsfeld and other U.S. officials were responsible for acts of torture against detainees at Abu Ghraib. The lawsuit was filed in Germany because it allows for the prosecution of war crimes and human rights violations across national boundaries.Yeah, even if it's "just" a lawsuit, as opposed to a criminal charge, I don't think Rummy wants to be caught up in a war crimes trial.
