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Arar lawyers exploring whether Boeing connection exists

Maria LaHood, a New York-based lawyer involved with Arar’s lawsuit against the U.S. government, said the legal team may hire a private investigator to find out whether Boeing’s Jeppesen International Trip Planning played a role in flying Arar to Syria. “We don’t expect them to come forward, but we’re looking into what role (Jeppesen) may have played,” LaHood said in an interview.

A report in The New Yorker this week alleged that San Jose-based Jeppesen helped handle flight plans, hotel reservations and other navigational details for the secret flights.
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The New Yorker quoted an unnamed former Jeppesen employee saying that Bob Overby, Jeppesen’s managing director, said at an internal meeting that “we do all of the extraordinary rendition flights — you know, the torture flights. Let’s face it, some of these flights end up that way.”

A Jeppesen spokesperson declined to comment to The New Yorker.

It’s unclear what legal exposure Boeing might face if it’s proven to have ties to Arar’s case.

The "torture flights." So far all we have is the word of one anonymous former employee but if that quote can be confirmed, I suspect Boeing has a serious problem. (Or maybe not. Maybe the Military Commissions Act grants them retroactive immunity too.)

A website called CorpWatch has picked up the original New Yorker article which reveals that Jeppesen may be tied in to another rendition and Boeing may yet face legal action on that front.