Image: President Obama's pledge to turn the CIA's involvement in secret detention and torture into a thing of the past is going to be sharply tested, starting today. (AP/ABC News)Obama Stands Behind 'State Secrets' Defense -- ABC News
Critics Outraged: "This Is Not Change"
President Obama's pledge to turn the CIA's involvement in secret detention and torture into a thing of the past was sharply tested today, and critics say he failed miserably.
"This is not change," said the American Civil Liberties Union. "This is definitely more of the same."
In a federal court hearing in San Francisco this morning, a representative of the Justice Department said it would continue the Bush policy of invoking the 'state secrets' defense, which has been used in cases of rendition and torture.
The ACLU is arguing that its lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. should go forward. The suit is based on the company's alleged participation in the CIA's rendition program, and the Bush administration had previously intervened by saying that the case undermined national security interests, according to the ACLU, which is appealing the dismissal of the suit in Feb. 2008.
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More News On "State Secret" Defense
Justice Restates 'State Secrets' Defense in Rendition Suit -- Washington Post
Justice Department Follows Bush Administration in Invoking 'State Secrets' Privilege in Rendition Lawsuit -- FOX News
Justice Department to review all state secrets claims -- Reuters
Obama Backs Off a Reversal on Secrets -- New York Times
Obama Admin. Stays Bush Course On Rendition Suit -- CBS News
Obama DoJ Asserts "State Secrets;" ACLU Blasts Obama -- The Atlantic
Obama administration maintains Bush's 'state secrets' policy -- The Guardian
New Attorney General Orders Review of Bush-Era State Secrets -- Wired News
Attorney general is reviewing state secret claims -- AP
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