Fahrenheit 9/11 action rejected

A federal judge threw out an Iraq war veteran's lawsuit Wednesday that claimed filmmaker Michael Moore used a clip from a television interview without the veteran's permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in ``Fahrenheit 9/11.''

Sgt. Peter Damon, a National Guardsman, was seeking $85 million, claiming ``loss of reputation, emotional distress, embarrassment, and personal humiliation'' due to his appearance in Moore's 2004 documentary criticizing the Bush administration and the war in Iraq.