Get those potential torture victims off your mother f***ing plane

Thanks to a colleague of mine for pointing me to this story, ACLU Sues Boeing Subsidiary for Participation in CIA Kidnapping and Torture Flights which is available at http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/29920prs20070530.html.  In a nutshell, the ACLU announced yesterday its suit against a Boeing Subsidiary for their participation in CIA kidnapping and torture flights. The lawsuit charges that Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. knowingly provided direct flight services to the CIA that enabled the secret transportation of three individuals to locations in Morocco and Afghanistan where foreign intelligence officials subjected them to torture. While the ACLU was already active in the rendition debate, most recently petitioning the Supreme Court to review the case of Khaled El-Masri (see www.aclu.org/rendition for more information), I believe this is their first effort to seek corporate liability for actions taken in pursuit of the War on Terror.  While this lawsuit will likely encounter many of the same legal problems of El-Masri litigation, it may provide the seeds for a shaming campaign of those companies that knowingly participate in the darker side of the war on terror.  For instance, the ACLU and other advocacy groups held a protest rally yesterday outside Jeppesen's offices. You can check out the youtube video discussing Jepperson's involvement in the kidnapping and torture flights here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdLwTu-L4Wo.