Opinion ID: 1358830
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Jeppesen's Involvement in the Rendition Program

Text: According to plaintiffs, publicly available evidence establishes that Jeppesen provided flight planning and logistical support services to the aircraft and crew on all of the flights transporting the five plaintiffs among their various locations of detention and torture. According to the complaint, Jeppesen played an integral role in the forced abductions and detentions. It provided direct and substantial services to the United States for its so-called `extraordinary rendition' program, thereby enabling the clandestine and forcible transportation of terrorism suspects to secret overseas detention facilities. Jeppesen furthermore provided this assistance with actual or constructive knowledge of the objectives of the rendition program, including knowledge that the plaintiffs would be subjected to forced disappearance, detention, and torture at the hands of U.S. and foreign government officials. [1]