Appeals Court Revives Rendition Lawsuit
A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit accusing a Boeing Co. subsidiary of assisting the CIA in the transportation of terror suspects to foreign countries for the purposes of torture. In a 3-0 ruling, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the government and Jeppesen Dataplan of San Jose should not be shielded from judicial scrutiny simply because the case may involve state secrets. Justice Department attorneys had argued that lawsuit by alleged torture victims should be barred because of potential threats to national security.


