WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that former prisoners of the could not sue over their alleged torture in overseas prisons because such a lawsuit might expose secret government information.
The sharply divided ruling was a major victory for the Obama administration’s efforts to advance a sweeping view of executive secrecy powers. It strengthens the White House’s hand as it has pushed an array of assertive counterterrorism policies, while raising an opportunity for the Supreme Court to rule for the first time in decades on the scope of the president’s power to restrict litigation that could reveal state secrets.
By a 6-to-5 vote, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a lawsuit against Jeppesen Dataplan Inc., a Boeing subsidiary accused of arranging flights for the Central Intelligence Agency to transfer prisoners to other countries for imprisonment and . The filed the case on behalf of five former prisoners who say they were tortured in captivity — and that Jeppesen was complicit in that alleged abuse. . . . READ MORE >>>
Editor's notes: kind of funny that the Left has complained and whined about The Patriot Act, only to have one of their own keep the Act in place and is more secretive than Bush ever thought about being. We agree with the decision. This "victory" for Obama is another wedge between his liberal hide and folks like Michael Moore.
Obama is beginning to look like a man without a country.
Good for him -- jds.
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