Govt Lawyers Seek to Quash Rendition Lawsuit

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Ben Wizner, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which represents the plaintiffs, told IPS, "Much is at stake in this case. If the CIA's overbroad secrecy claims prevail, torture victims will be denied their day in court solely on the basis of an affidavit submitted by their torturers." "This case is not about secrecy. It's about immunity from accountability," he said. "To date, not a single alleged torture victim has had his day in court. In this case, most of the evidence is already public. There are no 'state secrets' here. And if there were, our federal courts are well prepared to handle this issue. This is a betrayal of the rule of law. It is not the standard we expected from the Obama administration."
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  1. #1    a rendition plane recently showed up in the UK
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/01/rendition-flight-birmingham-airport-cia

    "
    'Torture flight' plane spotted in Birmingham

    An American plane named in an inquiry by the European parliament into alleged CIA torture flights landed at Birmingham airport last month and was met by British special forces helicopters.

    Plane spotters said the Gulfstream jet touched down from an undisclosed location on 2 October and was met by two army air corps Dauphin 2 helicopters used by the SAS at Hereford.

    The 22-seat plane is registered to L-3 Integrated Systems, a Montana-based subsidiary of a US defence corporation. It made numerous fl...

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    written by NewsSophisticate since 18 days 11 hours 1 minuteNewsSophisticate
  2. #2    The US allows israhell war crimes and now this. The US has sunk to new lows in the eyes of the world.
    written by bluefin since 17 days 17 hours 33 minutesbluefin
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