OBAMA TO AMERICA: FUCK YOU AND YOUR RIGHTS
Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Lawsuit
February 09, 2009 2:44 PMFrom Jake Tapper and Ariane de Vogue:
The Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.
The case involves five men who claim to have been victims of extraordinary rendition — including current Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed, another plaintiff in jail in Egypt, one in jail in Morocco, and two now free. They sued a San Jose Boeing subsidiary, Jeppesen Dataplan, accusing the flight-planning company of aiding the CIA in flying them to other countries and secret CIA camps where they were tortured.
A year ago the case was thrown out on the basis of national security, but today the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard the appeal, brought by the ACLU.
A source inside of the Ninth U.S. District Court tells ABC News that a representative of the Justice Department stood up to say that its position hasn’t changed, that new administration stands behind arguments that previous administration made, with no ambiguity at all. The DOJ lawyer said the entire subject matter remains a state secret.
This is not going to please civil libertarians and human rights activists who had hoped the Obama administration would allow the lawsuit to proceed.
– Jake Tapper and Ariane de Vogue
Greenwald has much much more. So will I.
Make no mistake: this is NOT change we can believe in. Worse, ending torture and extraordinary rendition were two major promises Obama made on the campaign trail, and like the lying, weasely, mealy-mouthed disingenuous liar politician he clearly is he broke those promises without batting an eye.
Disgraceful sell out to torturers and murderers. To me, this is one of the worst things Obama could have done.
“Change”. “Hope” What a crock of fucking bullshit. It should happen to his children, and then he should have to fight futilely so they can have their day in court.
Shame on you Mr. Obama, shame on you and your lawyers. You LIED.
