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| Secret US flight flew over Scottish airspace to capture Snowden | |
| 2016-02-04 | |
| Here's the FlightAware track. THE UK GOVERNMENT is facing demands to reveal the details of a secret flight through Scottish airspace which was at the centre of a plot to capture whistleblower Edward Snowden. The plane, which passed above the Outer Hebrides, the Highlands and Aberdeenshire, was dispatched from the American east coast on June 24 2013, the day after Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow. The craft was used in controversial US 'rendition' missions. Reports by Scottish journalist Duncan Campbell claim the flight, travelling well above the standard aviation height at 45,000 feet and without a filed flight plan, was part of a mission to capture Snowden following his release of documents revealing mass surveillance by US and UK secret services. That the flight passed over Scotland, airspace regulated by the UK, has raised questions over UK complicity in a covert mission to arrest Snowden and whether any police, aviation or political authorities in Scotland were made aware of the flight path. Alex Salmond, the SNP foreign affairs front man and Scotland's First Minister when the flight took place, has called for full transparency from the UK Government over the case. He said: "As a matter of course and courtesy, any country, particularly an ally, should be open about the purposes of a flight and the use of foreign airspace or indeed airports." "What we need to know now is, was this information given to the UK Government at the time. If so, then why did they give permission? If not, then why not? As a minimum requirement, the UK authorities should not allow any activity in breach of international law in either its airspace or its airports.
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| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #2 But there was insufficient time and resources available to help those under fire in Benghazi. Obviously. >:-( |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-02-04 01:35 |
| #1 But there was insufficient time and resources available to help those under fire in Benghazi. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-02-04 01:23 |