U.S. battling CIA rendition case in 3 courts

Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

SF Gate, Monday, August 10, 2009

The Obama administration is fighting on multiple fronts – in courts in San Francisco, Washington and London – to keep an official veil of secrecy over the treatment of a former prisoner who says he was tortured at Guantanamo Bay.

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The administration has asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco to reconsider its ruling allowing Binyam Mohamed and four other former or current prisoners to sue a Bay Area company for allegedly flying them to overseas torture chambers for the CIA.

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Tags: Binyam Mohamed, British role, Guantanamo Bay, Hillary Clinton, Obama administration, torture