American, United must face trial over 9-11

Well,well, well,
Look who's going to court for negligence

AMR Corp.'s American Airlines and United Continental Holdings Inc. must face a federal trial over negligence claims tied to the hijacking of jetliners used in the 9-11 terrorist attacks that killed about 3,000 people, a judge ruled.

World Trade Center Properties Llc., which owned the twin skyscrapers that were destroyed in the attacks, sued the airlines in 2008, alleging that they were negligent for allowing terrorists to board and hijack the planes that were flown into the buildings.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said Tuesday in Manhattan that a trial is required.

Judge Rules CIA Can Withhold Info about Illegal Methods

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So the CIA can now do what it wants to who it wants without question.
This was a very dangerous precedent to set considering what the definition of terrorism now is in the United States.

A federal judge has backed CIA efforts to conceal information about treatment of detainees, even if the suppressed records contain details about illegal activity on the part of the intelligence agency.


U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that he was unwilling to “second-guess the CIA Director regarding the appropriateness of any particular intelligence source or method,” while rejecting the American Civil Liberties Union’s request to obtain records related to the treatment of detainees, those who died in U.S. custody and the names of anyone kidnapped and sent to secret prisons.