The BBC has breaking news on this, and I could not find on American news sites (CNN, MSNBC or Fox) details regarding the case, in which a Pakistani man, a former detainee, sought redress through the courts for abuse he suffered post 9/11.
The court has ruled he may not sue Robert Mueller or John Ashcroft, by a vote of 5 to 4, stating that he did not provide sufficient evidence to support his claims that Mueller and Ashcroft were instrumental in generating and implementing the US' post 9/11 detainee policies and practices.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
http://www.nytimes.com/...
http://www.cnn.com/...
The oral arguments were held and in the end, the Pakistani man - who had filed previous cases against the Bush Administration unsuccessfully - is not able to appeal for redress of grievances such as being held in solitary for 6+ months, suffering verbal and physical abuse at the hands of interrogators and similar complaints.
No further information is available at this time, and no statement was issued yet by the Supreme Court -
In a ruling by five votes to four, the Supreme Court justices said that the complaint brought by Mr Iqbal "fails to plead sufficient facts to state a claim for purposeful and unlawful discrimination agains the petitioners".
UPDATE: It's finally hit MSNBC here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...