Courts must hold torturers responsible

[Solly Mack]

Tuesday, February 5, 2008


"In addition, Sean Belcher, a former Jeppesen employee, has given sworn testimony that the flights were discussed openly at Jeppesen. Belcher said that at a meeting on Aug. 11, 2006, Bob Overby, director of Jeppesen International Trip Planning Service at Jeppesen's San Jose office, said, "We do all the extraordinary rendition flights."

Belcher said Overby described these as "torture flights," adding, "let's face it, some of these flights end up this way," or words to that effect. Overby, Belcher said, noted that Jeppesen was well-compensated for its efforts.

It comes down to this: We live in a country founded on the rule of law and respect for the dignity of human beings. A government that practices disappearance and torture – and companies that profit from it – must be held accountable.

The CIA's rendition program is illegal and inhumane. It – and the lives it has destroyed – is no secret. Its victims deserve their day in court."



CIA admit 'waterboarding' al-Qaida suspects

[Solly Mack]

1. Because it's a good opinion piece from the ACLU

and it's got a lot of facts in it.

[spanone]

2. K&R where is oversight? where is congress? where is any-fucking-one?

[Solly Mack]

4. in the land of pretend

pretending it isn't all that bad

pretending it's only a "few bad apples"

pretending it's not government policy

pretending water-boarding isn't already (and always has been) torture and already illegal

[L. Coyote]

3. Companies can be sued too. Take all their assets, and they learn to behave legally.

[Solly Mack]

5. and I think they should be sued

Reckon they'll claim the telecom defense? "Doing our patriotic duty"