Court Sides With CIA On 'Extraordinary Rendition,' Grants President Broad 'State Secrets' Privilege

[unhappycamper]

Court Sides With CIA On 'Extraordinary Rendition,' Grants President Broad 'State Secrets' Privilege
PAUL ELIAS | 09/ 8/10 11:35 PM | AP

SAN FRANCISCO — A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.

The complaint was filed by five terrorism suspects who were arrested shortly after 9/11 and say they were flown by a Boeing Co. subsidiary to prisons around the world where they were tortured. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited national security risks when it dismissed the men's case in a 6-5 ruling Wednesday.

The case could have broad repercussions on the national security debate as it makes its way toward the Supreme Court, and it casts a spotlight on the controversial "extraordinary rendition" program the Bush administration used after 9/11.

The Obama administration subsequently said it would continue to send foreign detainees to other countries for questioning, but rarely - and only if U.S. officials are confident the prisoners will not be tortured.

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"If this decision stands," Wizner said, "the United States will have closed its courts to torture victims while extending complete immunity to its torturers."

[Swamp Rat]

1. Well isn't that just dandy

[leveymg]

2. The primary reason for sending them to third-countries for "questioning" is to have them tortured.

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[Lilith Velkor]

3. Horrifying. n/t