A U.S. district court has dismissed a lawsuit accusing a Boeing subsidiary of helping the CIA secretly transport prisoners to overseas torture chambers. The American Civil Liberties Union brought the case against Jeppesen International Trip Planning on behalf of five former prisoners. The lawsuit accused Jeppesen of arranging at least seventy flights since 2001 as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. The Bush administration sought the case’s dismissal on the ground it would risk exposing “state secrets.” On Wednesday, U.S. district judge James Ware agreed, ruling the suit could harm national security. The ACLU plans to appeal.