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Obama Uses Bush Precedence In Torture Suit

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Justice Dept. Uses 'State Secrets' Defense
Warshington Post ^ | 2/10/2009 | Peter Finn

The Obama administration invoked the same "state secrets" privilege as its predecessor (Bush) in federal court in San Francisco yesterday in opposing the reinstatement of a lawsuit that alleges that a Boeing Co. unit flew people to countries where they were tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.

The Justice Department's stance on the case came despite a pledge by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., first at his confirmation hearing and again yesterday in a statement, to review all assertions of the state secrets privilege.

The American Civil Liberties Union brought the case on behalf of five foreigners who were allegedly transferred to countries where they were tortured under interrogation. One of the five, Binyam Mohammed, a British resident, claims in court papers in the United States and in Britain that he was flown to Morocco and held there for nearly two years after his capture in Pakistan. He is now in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


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Change? I thought the Libs wanted Changes? :lol: :lol:
 
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