The Hurting Business (cont.)
By Thoreau
The latest Nobel Peace Prize winner, last seen giving a speech in which he explains how important war is, has decided to stand behind a Bush administration legal argument in a suit against a contractor involved in “extraordinary rendition”, aka handing people over to be tortured.
Justice Department attorney Douglas Letter reiterated the government position taken since the suit was filed against Jeppesen in My 2007 that the government would neither confirm nor deny that it had any relationship with the Boeing subsidiary or that a program of so-called extraordinary rendition existed.
To address any of the plaintiffs’ allegations about the actions over which President George W. Bush asserted his state-secrets privilege — President Obama and his Justice Department have decided to defend that assertion — would involve disclosure of relationships, programs and activities that have been classified on national security grounds, Letter said.
Go to hell, New Boss.
I vaguely recall that back when I was commenting at Hit and Run this story came out and there were apologists explaining that a “private” business that gets paid by the government to fly people around the world to be tortured should not face accountability in court for helping the government torture people. I’m sure those commenters will be delighted to know that Barry O has their backs on this one.
Comment by Barry —
December 18, 2009 @ 11:23 am
“…I was commenting at Hit and Run this story came out and there were apologists explaining that a “private” business that gets paid by the government to fly people around the world to be tortured should not face accountability in court for helping the government torture people. ”
That sums up Hit and Run commenters very well. Of course, the Volokh commenters would be even more fanatical.
Comment by Ashish Kulkarni —
December 25, 2009 @ 11:53 am
I wish there was a website where you could put a list of such businesses and name and shame them.
Regards,
Ashish.