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Aviation Company Accused of CIA 'Torture Flights'

By Ari Shapiro, Robert Siegel

Published December 14, 2007 at 2:05 PM PST

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Documents filed in a lawsuit being brought against aviation company Jeppesen Data Plan say it operated so-called "torture flights." The company allegedly arranged for the flights of CIA detainees to secret overseas prisons. A former employee of the company submitted the sworn court declaration.

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Ari Shapiro

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered grew at an unprecedented rate, with more people tuning in during a typical quarter-hour than any other program on the radio.

Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.