Originally published January 6 2006
German citizen wrongfully imprisoned by CIA will entertain settlement offers
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Ann Beeson, associate legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, represents Khaled al-Masri, a German man who was mistakenly imprisoned by the CIA, and Beeson has told the media that her client, who has since filed suit against the CIA, will entertain settlement offers.
A German man suing CIA officials over his treatment by the spy agency in the war on terror is willing to entertain a settlement offer from the government if one is made, one of the man's lawyer's said Wednesday.
The lawsuit by Khaled al-Masri is the latest controversy surrounding the CIA's "rendition" program for terror suspects.
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In a case of mistaken identity by CIA officers who thought he was an associate of the Sept. 11 conspirators, the agency subjected al-Masri to four months in a cell in Afghanistan, the German alleges in his suit in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va.
"We're always willing to discuss settlement," said Ann Beeson, associate legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union and one of the lawyers representing al-Masri.
"So far we've received no approaches from the State Department about the matter."
Beeson was responding to questions at a State Department briefing spawned by a German press report that the United States is negotiating with German officials for a packet of compensation for al-Masri.
State Department spokesman J. Adam Ereli declined to address the al-Masri case when a reporter asked about it, saying he is constrained about what he can say because the matter is in the courts.
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