News you may have missed #429 (CIA edition)

• US appeals court dismisses Boeing-CIA lawsuit. A sharply divided federal appeals court has dismissed by six votes to five a lawsuit against Boeing Co., that claimed the company flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons around the world to be tortured as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program.
• No CIA torture in Poland, claims former minister. Marek Biernacki, Polish interior minister in Jerzy Buzek’s government of 1999, has dismissed allegations made by CIA officers that al-Qaeda terrorist suspect Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was tortured in Poland.
• Koran burning spurs ex-CIA official to lead protest. Suzanne Spaulding, a figure with long experience in US intelligence circles, including a stint as assistant general counsel at the CIA, is urging former national security officials to speak out against a Florida preacher’s plans for a public burning of the Koran on September 11.