By Henry Weinstein, The Los Angeles Times
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a suit Wednesday that accused a Boeing Co. subsidiary of helping the Central Intelligence Agency facilitate “the forced disappearance, torture and inhumane treatment” of three men the government suspected of terrorist involvement.
“This is the first time we are accusing a blue-chip American company of profiting from torture,” ACLU lawyer Ben Wizner said at a news conference in New York City.
Since at least 2001, Jeppesen Dataplan Inc. of San Jose “has provided direct and substantial services to the United States for its so-called ‘extraordinary rendition’ program,” the suit, filed in San Jose federal court, alleges.