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Government

Jun. 1, 2007

Bush Could Derail Suit Over Torture

A lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union filed Wednesday accusing a Boeing Co. subsidiary of facilitating torture of terrorism suspects could be derailed if the Bush administration intervenes on national security grounds, legal scholars say.

By Max Follmer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union filed Wednesday accusing a Boeing Co. subsidiary of facilitating torture of terrorism suspects could be derailed if the Bush administration intervenes on national security grounds, legal scholars say.
      Although neither the CIA nor any other government agency is named as a defendant in the lawsuit e...

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