Lunatic Judge Rules Padilla Can Sue Over Alleged Torture

Above, convicted terrorist Jose Padilla.

The lunatics are running the asylum.

FoxNews.com is reporting:

A federal judge says that a convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture.

The order by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco is the first time an administration lawyer has been held potentially liable for the abuse of detainees.

This is the case involving Jose Padilla. According to Wikipedia:

José Padilla (born October 18, 1970), also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah, is a United States citizen convicted of aiding terrorists.

Padilla is claiming that he was tortured while being held nearly four years as a suspected terrorist.

Judge White refused to dismiss Padilla's lawsuit against former senior Justice Department attorney John Yoo Friday. Yoo wrote internal legal opinion memos of interrogation, detention and presidential powers for the department's Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 to 2003.

Padilla was arrested in Chicago in 2002 and was accused of conspiring with the al-Qaida terrorist network to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in the United States.

The lunatics are running the asylum.