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  • Court rules Binyam Mohamed cannot sue CIA over alleged torture ... would expose secrets

    09/10/2010 3:04:23 AM PDT · by tlb · 2 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | September 10 2010 | Stephen Foley
    Former Guantanamo Bay inmate Binyam Mohamed has been barred by United States judges from suing over his alleged torture. They ruled that his claims against the CIA cannot be aired in an American court because it could compromise national security. Critics blasted the decision as shutting out torture victims from justice, while providing 'complete immunity to their torturers'. They were fighting for the right to sue airline company Jeppesen Dataplan, a Boeing subsidiary accused of arranging the CIA's torture flights. Despite initially being allowed to go ahead with the case, last year, the Obama administration appealed and now the US...