Four former Guantanamo detainees, now back in Britain, have filed suit against Donald Rumsfeld and others alleging they were tortured in violation of international law. The suit seeks $10 million in damages for treatment it describes as including

...repeated beatings, death threats, interrogation at gunpoint, forced nakedness and menacing with unmuzzled dogs, among other mistreatment, during more than two years at Guantanamo Bay.

Lawyers for the men held a press conference today.

This is a case about preserving an American ideal — the rule of law," [attorney Eric]Lewis said at a news conference. "It is un-American to torture people. It is un-American to hold people indefinitely without access to counsel, courts or family. It is un-American to flout international treaty obligations."

On a related note, Amnesty International released a report condemning President Bush's response to the 9/11 attacks, which it said has resulted in "an iconography of torture, cruelty and degradation."