ACLU Not Rendered Irrelevant Yet
I know that the Obama administration has made some important strides in civil liberties, but already the ACLU is seeing troubling signs. This from their newsletter:
Yesterday, ACLU lawyers encountered a recurring — and troubling — obstacle in our lawsuit seeking justice for torture victims caught up in the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. But this time, the objections were not coming from the Bush administration.
To our surprise and disappointment, the new Justice Department urged a federal appeals court to dismiss our lawsuit charging a Boeing subsidiary with providing critical support for the CIA’s rendition program based on the same “state secrets” claim that the Bush administration had repeatedly invoked to avoid any judicial scrutiny of its actions. During the course of the argument, one judge asked twice if the change in administration had any bearing on the Justice Department’s position. The attorney for the government said that its position remained the same.
See also Justice Department Stands Behind Bush Secrecy In Extraordinary Rendition Case.
ACLU is asking that folks send a message to Senators Kennedy, Leahy, Specter and Representative Nadler
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