Obama Won't Expose Jeppesen So We Must! 
Since late 2006, San Jose anti-torture activists have been working to expose the fact that a local company, Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan, has a contract with the CIA to provide flight planning logistics for the torture flights, known as "extraordinary rendition".
It's up to us to continue to put the spotlight on Jeppesen for what we know to be criminal activity. Send an email to StopTorture@sanjosepeace.org if you would like to be notified of upcoming protests in front of the Jeppesen office at 225 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose.
In May 2007, the ACLU sued Jeppesen on behalf of five victims of the extraordinary rendition program. The Bush Justice Department intervened in the case, ("Binyam Mohamed et al v. Jeppesen" ) and argued before Judge Ware in San Jose Federal District Court that the suit should not be allowed to proceed because state secrets would be revealed. Judge Ware ruled in favor of the Dept of Justice.
The ACLU appealed that decision and a three judge panel of the 9th District Court of Appeals overturned Judge Ware's decision, thus allowing the suit to proceed. Then the Obama Justice Department took the same tack ("state secrets") and requested a hearing before the full Court of Appeals (11 judges). That hearing was held on December 15 last year and sometime soon they will be issuing their ruling. In either case (a ruling for or against the ACLU), it is likely that the case will be appealed up to the Supreme Court.
So it is not likely that we will get to hear the details of the extraordinary rendition program any time soon. That's why it's up to us to continue to put the spotlight on Jeppesen for what we know to be criminal activity. Send an email to StopTorture@sanjosepeace.org if you would like to be notified of upcoming protests in front of the Jeppesen office at 225 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose.
