Ex-Worker: Air Firm Aided CIA Renditions

[Ghost in the Machine]

Ex-Worker: Air Firm Aided CIA Renditions
Published: 12/14/07, 12:05 AM EDT
By JASON DEAREN

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Boeing subsidiary accused of helping the CIA secretly fly terrorism suspects to be tortured in overseas prisons openly acknowledged its role in the "extraordinary rendition" program, a former employee of the smaller company said in court papers Friday.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal suit claiming Jeppesen Dataplan Inc. enabled the clandestine transportation of five terrorism suspects to overseas locations where they were subjected to "forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment."

The U.S. government has asked a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit on the basis that trying the case would result in the release of sensitive state secrets.
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According to the declaration of Sean Belcher, who worked briefly for Jeppesen as a technical writer in San Jose, Calif. in 2006, the director of Jeppesen's International Trip Planning Service, Bob Overby, told new employees during an introductory breakfast that "we do all the extraordinary rendition flights."

When some employees looked puzzled at the statement, Overby added that he was referring to "torture flights," according to Belcher's declaration.

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[Ghost in the Machine]

1. Kick

[spanone]

2. which means boeing will be lauded with non-bid contracts and tax breaks

[Ezlivin]

3. They probably had a better on-time record than American Airlines

I'm sure that the Congress will soon pass a law giving all air companies immunity from prosecution.

Does anyone else remember what America used to be like? It seems like such a distant memory now...

[EFerrari]

4. The "defense" industry in and around the San Francisco Bay area

has been in bed with those felons in the White House from Day 1.

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. Sunday kick

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