Among the strange, but irrelevant things in the court ruling examined below were this :

The Supreme Court has held that a claim against a U.S. president for the conduct identical to that alleged against Saddam Hussein would be barred because of the president?s absolute immunity from damages for conduct associated with the exercise of his official duties.

And this :

Finally, plaintiffs also place considerable weight on an article that appeared in a regional Iraqi newspaper in July 2001, two months before the disaster of September 11. This article, a paean to bin Laden, mentions that bin Laden…?will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs.?

Now I’m not suprised that the president can get away with anything he wants to do (don’t forget his backing the military coup in Venezuela), but Bin Laden hating the Chairman of the Board?! He really is an evildoer!