The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday decided to appeal a San Jose federal judge's recent decision dismissing a lawsuit brought against a local company accused of participating in the CIA's so-called "torture flights."
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FIRM ACCUSED IN CIA 'TORTURE FLIGHTS'
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Lawyers for five men who say they were subject to the government's
extraordinary rendition program will appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals, which will be asked to assess the Bush
administration's argument that allowing the case to proceed would
reveal national security secrets.
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U.S. District Judge James Ware sided with the government last month, concluding that litigation over the flight program could force the disclosure of CIA secrets.
The ACLU has sued San Jose-based Jeppesen Dataplan, alleging that the Boeing subsidiary knowingly participated in a program that allowed the government to kidnap and transport terrorism suspects to overseas prisons where they allegedly were tortured by CIA operatives.
Jeppesen officials have said they cannot discuss the program, but have denied involvement in any wrongdoing.
ACLU lawyers say the case could eventually give the U.S. Supreme Court a fresh opportunity to review the government's use of the state secrets doctrine to insulate itself and private companies from lawsuits. The Bush administration has invoked the privilege with regularity.
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