{"id":4830,"date":"2008-02-15T11:24:24","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T17:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4830"},"modified":"2017-11-10T23:09:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T05:09:54","slug":"court-dismisses-lawsuit-on-secret-flights-of-terrorism-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/court-dismisses-lawsuit-on-secret-flights-of-terrorism-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Dismisses Lawsuit on Secret Flights of Terrorism Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/emarty_20070608_appendix-1_low_res.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/emarty_20070608_appendix-1_low_res.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Reuters<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge, saying the case involved a state secret, dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a unit of Boeing Co that charged the firm helped fly terrorism suspects abroad to secret prisons.<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint in May accusing Jeppesen Dataplan Inc of providing flight and logistical support to the U.S. government with at least 15 aircraft on 70 &#8220;extraordinary-rendition&#8221; flights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In sum, at the core of plaintiffs&#8217; case against Defendant Jeppesen are &#8216;allegations&#8217; of covert U.S. military or CIA operations in foreign countries against foreign nationals &#8211; clearly a subject matter which is a state secret,&#8221; Judge James Ware wrote in a ruling issued on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The court &#8220;grants the United States&#8217; motion to dismiss on the ground that the very subject matter of the case is a state secret.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The complaint to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleged Jeppesen &#8220;falsified flight plans to European air traffic control authorities to avoid public scrutiny of CIA flights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters A federal judge, saying the case involved a state secret, dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a unit of Boeing Co that charged the firm helped fly terrorism suspects abroad to secret prisons. 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