2008年，一名在反恐战争期间获刑的美国公民José Padilla起诉柳约翰失职导致其受到政府不公正待遇。<ref name=WallStreetJournal20080119>{{cite news | url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120070333580301911.html?mod=sphere_ts | title=Opinion: Terrorist Tort Travesty | page=A13 | publisher=The Wall Street Journal | last=Yoo |first=John| date=January 19, 2008 | accessdate=2008-02-10 | quote=Last week, I (a former Bush administration official) was sued by José Padilla—a 37-year-old al Qaeda operative convicted last summer of setting up a terrorist cell in Miami. Padilla wants a declaration that his detention by the U.S. government was unconstitutional, $1 in damages, and all of the fees charged by his own attorneys. }}</ref>美国北加州区法院判决柳约翰一审败诉<ref>{{cite news| last = Schwartz| first = John| title = Judge Allows Civil Lawsuit Over Claims of Torture| publisher = New York Times| date = June 13, 2009| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/us/politics/14yoo.html?ref=global-home| accessdate = 2009-06-14}}</ref>，但其后第九巡回法院撤销原判，判决柳约翰无过失。<ref name="Leagle">[http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20FCO%2020120502152.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR "'Padilla v. Yoo'', argued and submitted June 14, 2010"], ''Legal Eagle'', 2 May 2012, accessed 18 January 2013</ref>曾任布什政府国务卿的[[鲍威尔]]在此案宣判后表示其认为柳约翰的作为违反了职业道德与法律。<ref>{{cite news |title=Top Bush aides pushed for Guantánamo torture |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |last=Norton-Taylor|first=Richard |date=April 19, 2008 | accessdate=2008-04-27 | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/19/guantanamo.usa | location=London}}</ref>2009年，一名西班牙法官指示西班牙检查部门调查柳约翰等六名布什政府高官（媒体称其为“[[布什六人帮]]”）任期内可能犯下的[[战争罪|战争]]与[[反人类罪]]，但是西班牙检方拒绝提出起诉。<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/29/guantanamo-bay-torture-inquiry "Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials"], ''[[The Observer]]'', 29 March 2009</ref><ref name=Reuters2009-03-28>{{cite news | url=http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLT53678920090329?sp=true | title=Spain may decide Guantánamo probe this week | work=[[Reuters]] | date=2009-03-28 | accessdate=2009-03-29 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fin.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FdomesticNews%2FidINLT53678920090329%3Fsp%3Dtrue&date=2009-03-30 | archivedate=2009-03-30 }} </ref>

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