U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Apr. 30, 2009
9th Circuit Rejects Claim Of State Secrets
The 9th Circuit rejected on Tuesday the Obama administration's state secrets privilege claim and let five terror suspects sue a Boeing subsidiary over allegations that the U.S. government shipped them to foreign prisons to be tortured.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate panel on Tuesday rejected the Obama administration's state secrets privilege claim and let five terror suspects sue a Boeing Co. subsidiary over allegations that the U.S. government shipped them to foreign prisons to be tortured. Coming amid the national debate over waterboarding and other brutal interrogation methods, the ruling raised the prospect that a federal court ...
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