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The government should consider bringing charges against the ACLU for treason.

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http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ss_terror_06_01.asp

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Al Qaida suspects sue Boeing, with ACLU's help

WASHINGTON  Boeing has been sued by suspected Al Qaida operatives transported
by the CIA to Arab countries for interrogation and torture.


The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against Boeing
subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan on behalf of three Al Qaida suspects transported
by the CIA under the so-called "extraordinary rendition program."
The suit charged that Jeppesen helped the CIA transport the three plaintiffs to
secret locations in Egypt and Morocco, where the company knew they would
undergo torture.

"American corporations should not be profiting from a CIA rendition program
that is unlawful and contrary to core American values," ACLU executive director
Anthony Romero said. "Corporations that choose to participate in such activity
can and should be held legally accountable."


The plaintiffs named in the suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California, were Binyam Mohamed, Abou Elkassim Britel and Ahmed
Agiza. Britel and Mohamed were said to have been flown by the CIA to Morocco.
Agiza was taken to Egypt.
The suit said Jeppesen, based in San Jose, Calif., has been a key provider of
flight and logistical support services for CIA aircraft in the rendition
program. Since December 2001, the suit said, Jeppesen provided flight and
logistical support to at least 15 CIA aircraft that conducted 70 rendition
flights.

Jeppesen was said to have provided aircraft crew and flight planning services
for the CIA program. The subsidiary also ensured customs clearance and security
for CIA aircraft and crew.

"Jeppesen's services have been crucial to the functioning of the government's
extraordinary rendition program," ACLU staff attorney Steven Watt said.
"Without the participation of companies like Jeppesen, the program could not
have gotten off the ground."

The suit was filed under the Alien Tort Statute, which permits aliens to bring
claims in the United States for alleged violations that involve American
citizens or assets. The statute accounts for torture.

In 2002, Mohamed, an Ethiopian national, was transported to Morocco, where he
spent 18 months in prison in what the suit asserted included torture by the
intelligence services of the North African kingdom. In 2004, he was taken by
the CIA to a secret U.S. detention facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, and then to
the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he remains.

Britel was flown from Pakistan to Morocco in 2002. He was said to have remained
in Morocco. Agiza was taken from Sweden to Egypt and remains in detention.

"For the first five weeks after his arrival in Egypt, Mr. Agiza was detained
incommunicado," the suit said. "During his time and for some 10 weeks
thereafter, he was repeatedly and severely tortured and denied meaningful
access to consular officials, family members and lawyers."

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