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Ex-CIA Prisoners Join Rendition Suit

HeadlineAug 02, 2007

Two men allegedly sent on a CIA flight to secret overseas prisons where they were tortured have joined a lawsuit accusing a Boeing subsidiary of taking part in their ordeal. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the original suit in May on behalf of three other former prisoners. The ACLU says Jeppesen International Trip Planning has been a main provider of flight and logistical support services for the secret CIA program of jailing and transporting prisoners known as “extraordinary rendition.” Jeppesen is said to have aided at least 15 aircraft for a total of 70 rendition flights. Joining the suit are Iraqi citizen Bisher al-Rawi and Yemeni citizen Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah. Rawi spent four years in U.S. captivity after he was kidnapped in Gambia. Basmillah spent nearly two years in U.S. prisons, where he says he tried to commit suicide three times.

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