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‘State Secrets’ Can’t Hide CIA Torture Program, Appeals Court Rules

4 years agoNews : Threat Level

The government cannot dispose of a civil suit accusing a Boeing subsidiary of helping the CIA transport prisoners  for torture by claiming the whole program was a national secret, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling chips away at the Obama and Bush administrations’ reliance on the so-called “state secrets [...]
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Supreme Court Declines Rendition Torture Case Involving ‘State Secrets’

News : Threat Level (2 years ago)

The Supreme Court has declined to review a lawsuit a lower court had dismissed against a Boeing subsidiary accused of helping the CIA transport detainees to secret foreign prisons where they were allegedly tortured. The appeal the j... Read Post

Supreme Court Asked to Review State Secrets, Torture Case

News : Threat Level (2 years ago)

The Supreme Court is being asked to review a lawsuit a lower court had dismissed against a Boeing subsidiary accused of helping the CIA transport detainees to secret foreign prisons where they allegedly were tortured. The appeal to ... Read Post

Court Rules Bin Laden Death Photos Can Stay Secret

News : The Inquisitr - News (8 minutes ago)

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden’s death photos can stay a secret. The US government currently has more than 50 images marked classified that were taken of the al Qaeda leader after his death. The ruling... Read Post


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