against rumsfeld have been rejected by prosecutors until now for more on this some are joined by jennifer harbury she's a lawyer human rights activist joining us on the webcam there in texas in the usa thanks very much indeed for being with us now cloud seemed to be gathering over donald rumsfeld with stakes being pretty high it seems so what could be the outcome of this case do you think. well the only outcome in a civil case is that he must pay money damages to the people that he caused injury to both of these being u.s. citizens the rather startling outcome is that now a united states sentence and can sue for a toy comply that happened outside the united states to confront someone who is not a u.s. citizen who was probably harmed even worse or even tell by those exact same practices they were ordered and authorized by mr rumsfeld cannot sue and worse yet we have a criminal statute to in fact that make it a felony punishable up for a good twenty years in prison for anyone who conspires to commit torture outside in the states that would be title eighteen of us code twenty three forty there's als

against rumsfeld to be rejected by prosecutors until no military and human rights activists jennifer harbury says other officials from the bush administration should also be held accountable. the only outcome in a civil case is that he must pay money damages to the people that he caused injury to both of these being u.s. citizens the rather startling outcome is that now a united states citizen can sue for a torture that happened outside the united states but someone who is not a u.s. citizen who is probably harmed even worse or even chel by those exact same practices they were ordered and authorized by mr rumsfeld cannot sue under our own laws let alone all the international treaties mr rumsfeld should be going to jail for people that he has authorized the torture of throughout the black sites throughout the world there's the very notorious document where he authorized a whole string of terrible practices and then at the bottom said i have to stand for eight hours at a time during war why should the prisoners there huge difference of course being that he could walk around and who well of pri

our own soldiers out there who are trying to protect their own country it's usually on shots jennifer harbury lawyer and human rights activist that's all we have time for thanks so much for joining us live in the usa. like for us. well at least the pentagon doesn't seem to be worried about money is it splashes the cash in a bid to convince young americans to sign up for the army alongside financial uncertainty and unemployment hollywood and the video games industry are helping turn military service into an attractive option. to reports on how the future is playing out for would be soldiers. to hunt for american humor. to hunt down the next american and in the war incorporated a robust business machine is operating at full capacity in the u.s. straight. from televised ads to hollywood blockbusters. to video games to american presidents dubbing soldiers the real patriots each of them adds honor to what it means to be a soldier sailor airman marine and coast guardsman the image of the american laurier is portrayed as that of the invisible hero times where one of the number one interest payments

goal important to show that that's not exactly what we're seeing in terms of reality right now jennifer harbury author and human rights where. well today is also the day our president president obama turns fifty years old the big day for him and after the stressful couple years he's had he deserves a great birthday and some wonderful presents but the reality is the president has been given quite a few gifts he probably wishes he didn't have to open an unemployment rate that continues to hover above nine percent a stock market that plunged more than five hundred points today and will most likely close down for the ninth consecutive day a federal reserve that seems to be stuck in the mud cloud of uncertainty and extremely slow growth according to some new numbers released by the commerce department during the second quarter of the economy grew by just one point three percent making for eight tenths of a percent annual growth rate far less than the two point five percent pace that is needed to keep unemployment from rising. well i guess it's no wonder that even president obama's own former directo