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Federal court dismisses lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary over CIA rendition role
The US District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; case materials] against Jeppesen Dataplan Wednesday, ruling in favor of the US government's motion to dismiss on state secret grounds. The US Dep (More) |
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Senate judiciary panel considers state secrets privilege
The US Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday on the state secrets privilege in preparation for debate on the State Secrets Protection Act , a bill introduced by committee leaders "to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secr (More) |
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DOJ urges judge to dismiss lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary over CIA rendition role
US District Judge James Ware of the US District Court for the Northern District of California heard arguments Tuesday on the government's motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Jeppesen Dataplan on state secrets grounds. The Justice Department a (More) |
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New legislation could protect against abuse of state secrets privilege
Sharon Bradford Franklin [Senior Counsel, the Constitution Project]: "The State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533), introduced this week by Senators Kennedy and Specter, would bring much needed reform to the state secrets privilege. The doctrine h (More) |
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EU to reopen probe of secret CIA prisons after evidence of Ukraine involvement
The European Parliament committee on CIA activities in Europe (TDIP) will reopen its investigation into the alleged operation of secret CIA prisons in Europe, two committee members said Wednesday. Giulietto Chiesa and Claudio Fava said that new e (More) |
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Arar lawyers urge federal appeals court to reinstate extraordinary rendition lawsuit
Lawyers for Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] argued before a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that Arar should be allowed to revive his lawsuit against senior officials in the US (More) |
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UN rights expert urges US to prosecute or release Guantanamo prisoners
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin called on the US in a report released Monday to quickly prosecute or release terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay so that the US can close the detention center. Sche (More) |
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Extraordinary Rendition and the State Secrets Privilege: A Self-inflicted Wound?
JURIST Special Guest Columnist William Weaver of the University of Texas El Paso Political Science Department says that the lawsuit by five victims of extraordinary rendition against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan has given the federal judiciary (More) |
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DOJ urges court to dismiss lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary for CIA rendition role
The US Department of Justice has asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California to dismiss a lawsuit against Jeppesen Dataplan on the grounds that the case would disclose classified information regarding the Central Intelligen (More) |
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US lawmakers apologize to rendition victim Arar
US lawmakers apologized Thursday to Maher Arar [advocacy website; CBC timeline], a Canadian engineer who was detained in the US in 2002 after flying to New York from Tunisia on his way home to Ottawa after a holiday and later deported to Syria, wher (More) |
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emporer
On December 25, 800 A.D., Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, Italy. During his lifetime, Charlemagne united most of western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He is credited with spreading the rule of law throughout his dominions as well as starting the French and German monarchies.
