Ashcroft Denied Immunity from Civil Suit for Wrongful Detention

Brian Zick September 28, 2006

Dan Eggen for WaPo reports that "A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that former attorney general John D. Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of a U.S. citizen arrested as a "material witness" in a terrorism case." Well, now. There's some mighty significant implications to consider.

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