Supreme Court refuses to consider ‘torture flights’ case, ending legal battle

By Howard Mintz hmintz@mercurynews.com

Posted: 05/16/2011 08:13:04 AM PDT

Updated: 05/16/2011 08:25:24 PM PDT




The
U.S. Supreme Court has put an end to a lawsuit over the CIA's so-called
torture flights, refusing to consider a long-running case against a San
Jose-based subsidiary of Boeing accused of participating in the
operations.
In a one-line order, the Supreme Court on Monday