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US court dismisses CIA rendition lawsuit against Boeing unit
A US court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Boeing subsidiary for allegedly flying terror suspects to secret CIA sites for interrogation, saying the case could have exposed state secrets.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with President Barack Obama's administration that state secrets would be revealed if it allowed the case against Jeppesen Dataplan to go ahead.
The Boeing unit was accused of facilitating flights for the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program, used by the administration of president George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
The program involved the transfer of "war on terror" suspects by the CIA to countries known to practice torture.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the case in 2007 on behalf of five former detainees who said they were kidnapped, transported to foreign countries and tortured in the custody of foreign governments or the US Central Intelligence Agency.