United States Ninth Circuit
Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., 08-15693
In an action alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), working in concert with other government agencies and officials of foreign governments, operated an extraordinary rendition program to gather intelligence by apprehending foreign nationals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities and transferring them in secret to foreign countries for detention and interrogation by U.S. or foreign officials, dismissal of the action is affirmed where: 1) the Reynolds state secret privilege may be asserted at any time, even at the pleading stage; and 2) at least some of the matters the government sought to protect from disclosure in the litigation were valid state secrets, which, in the interest of national security, should not be divulged.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/08/2010
- Published 09/08/2010
Judges
- Raymond C. Fisher
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Steven M. Watt, Daniel P. Collins