Judge: Detainees Not Technically 'Persons' Under US Law A federal appeals court ruled Friday against four British men who contend they were systematically tortured and their religious rights abused throughout their two-year detention at Guantanamo Bay. In a suit against ex-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and individual U.S. military officials, the four men argued that the defendants had engaged in criminal conduct. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 3-0 that...