UNO UPDATE: New World Order News Digest

Ex-Worker: Air Firm Aided CIA Renditions

14 Dec 2007

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.'

ACLU Opposes Government’s Attempt to Throw Out Rendition Case ... Common Dreams (press release), ME - 19 hours ago Today’s filing comes in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of five victims of the rendition program who were kidnapped and secretly transferred by the ... An Phoblacht Human rights report slams Shannon rendition flights An Phoblacht, Ireland - Dec 14, 2007 Extraordinary rendition refers to CIA operations that remove terrorist suspects from one jurisdiction for questioning and detention in another. ... RTE.ie Taoiseach defends stance on rendition flights RTE.ie, Ireland - Dec 12, 2007 He said there is absolutely no evidence that any people, planes or anything to do with extraordinary rendition, had landed in Shannon. ... Ex-San Jose aviation firm worker says exec talked of torture flights San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 9 hours ago The ACLU replied Friday that the cia's program of extraordinary rendition - transporting terrorism suspects to countries beyond the reach of US law for ... RTE.ie Call for rendition flight inspections RTE.ie, Ireland - Dec 11, 2007 The practice known as extraordinary rendition has been a contentious issue for some time. It has been alleged that the jets used by the US military to ...

CIA "destroyed rendition interrogation tapes" Times Online, UK - Dec 7, 2007 The CIA destroyed video evidence of severe interrogation techniques used on al-Qaeda operatives detained under the agency’s controversial rendition ... Rendition flights must be inspected UTV, UK - Dec 11, 2007 The Cabinet has always insisted it accepts high-level assurances from the US administration that extraordinary rendition flights were not passing through ... US rendition victim given suspended sentence in Germany Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Dec 11, 2007 He was then taken to Afghanistan in a practice known as 'extraordinary rendition' and questioned for six months before being flown back to Europe and dumped ... Rendition victim blames CIA for crimes Middle East Times, Egypt - Dec 11, 2007 Masri's lawyer Manfred Gnjidic argued his client was still suffering from the aftereffects of his extraordinary rendition, and accused the German government ... Shannon rendition policies insufficient U.TV, UK - Dec 11, 2007 The Irish Human Rights Commission says the time has come to establish a monitoring regime to check alleged rendition flights through Shannon and other Irish ... AFP Irish human rights body wants CIA flight inspections AFP - Dec 11, 2007 Under the rendition programme, terror suspects are transported to secret prisons in countries with less stringent interrogation rules. ... Film screening to support US war registers London Free Press, Canada - Dec 13, 2007 By KATHY RUMLESKI, SUN MEDIA A screening of Rendition, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Meryl Streep, will be held Monday at the Hyland ...

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