Stop Torture -- Stop Jeppesen!   

The CIA's Travel Agent for Torture is Doing Business in downtown San Jose

Jeppesen Dataplan is a Boeing subsidiary that handles the flight-planning logistics for the CIA’s torture flights. In May 2007, the ACLU sued Jeppesen on behalf of three men who had been kidnapped and abducted to countries where they were subsequently tortured. The U.S. Justice Department intervened to quash the lawsuit, claiming that to proceed would reveal state secrets.

• Read about the protests in June in front of Jeppesen office.
• Read the article in The New Yorker that tipped us off about Jeppesen's crimes.
• Watch the CBS news video about our protest in November 2006.
• Read the text of the Santa Clara County Resolution.
• Protest on June 20, 2008
• Obama's Lawyers Protect Jeppesen
• Appeals Court Sides with CIA & Obama Justice Dept.
• Moscow TV News Show Covers Jeppesen Case

Ever since their role as the CIA's travel agent was revealed in an article in the October 30, 2006 issue of the The New Yorker magazine, Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan has faced intense scrutiny, community outrage, and an onslaught of legal maneuvers.

The New Yorker article by investigative reporter Jane Mayer revealed that Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary, had a profitable contract with the CIA to provide logistics for the extraordinary rendition flights. The evidence to back up her reporting was revealed in May 2007 when the ACLU filed a suit against the company on behalf of five victims of the CIA program. Documents introduced in the legal proceedings included invoices for Jeppesen's work in transporting the detainees and a statement by a former employee that the managing director of the San Jose office had happily acknowledged the company's role in what he admitted were "torture flights".

Starting with a protest in November 2006 that attracted broad media coverage South Bay peace and justice activists have kept the heat on Jeppesen, demanding that the company break its ties with the CIA.

• The 2007 New Years Day Skate Against Torture focused on the Jeppesen billboard on the Holiday Ice Rink.
• The Guadalupe River Park and Gardens was persuaded to move its 2007 fundraiser from the Jeppesen penthouse office at 225 W. Santa Clara St. to another location.
• The highest governing body in the county, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, passed a resolution in December 2007 that supports federal legislation against the outsourcing of torture. The vote was 4 to 1 (with Supervisor Don Gage voting no). Despite the opposition of the county's lawyers, the supervisors passed a version of the resolution that included a reference to Jeppesen's involvement with the CIA.