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| 2004-12-27 | |
The airplane is a Gulfstream V turbojet, the sort favored by CEOs and celebrities. But since 2001 it has been seen at military airports from Pakistan to Indonesia to Jordan, sometimes being boarded by hooded and handcuffed passengers. The plane's owner of record, Premier Executive Transport Services Inc., lists directors and officers who appear to exist only on paper. And each one of those directors and officers has a recently issued Social Security number and an address consisting only of a post office box, according to an extensive search of state, federal and commercial records. Bryan P. Dyess, Steven E. Kent, Timothy R. Sperling and Audrey M. Tailor are names without residential, work, telephone or corporate histories -- just the kind of "sterile identities," said current and former intelligence officials, that the CIA uses to conceal involvement in clandestine operations. In this case, the agency is flying captured terrorist suspects from one country to another for detention and interrogation. The CIA calls this activity "rendition." Premier Executive's Gulfstream helps make it possible. According to civilian aircraft landing permits, the jet has permission to use U.S. military airfields worldwide. Since Sept. 11, 2001, secret renditions have become a principal weapon in the CIA's arsenal against suspected al Qaeda terrorists, according to congressional testimony by CIA officials. .... According to airport officials, public documents and hobbyist plane spotters, the Gulfstream V, with tail number N379P, has been used to whisk detainees into or out of Jakarta, Indonesia; Pakistan; Egypt; and Sweden, usually at night, and has landed at well-known U.S. government refueling stops. | |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #21 hmmmm - the plot thinnens! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-27 10:31:14 PM |
| #20 FAA Registry N-Number Inquiry Results ------------------------------------------------- N379P is not Assigned/Reserved |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2004-12-27 10:27:42 PM |
| #19 This sounds more like a charter operation than "black" ops, and the CIA doesn't CARE if people know. Good call Old Patriot. "Speaker: But Kalla Fakta can now disclose that it was an American plane. A Gulfstream 5, a very exclusive small private jet. The Bromma plane had the registration N379P , and proved to be owned by an anonymous company on the East coast of USA. Mary Ellen McGuiness: That was our aircraft. You come to the right office. Speaker: We call and want to hire the aircraft, but get the answer that it only flies for the US government. Mary Ellen McGuiness: That is correct. We only lease through the US government, we are on a long term lease with them. Let me see if I find someone call you back." |
| Posted by: tipper 2004-12-27 7:31:31 PM |
| #18 You know, more I think about it, more am I convinced that some of the $21B stolen from the oil for food programm went to the MSM worldwide. Some "urubus" are paid informers. Sooner or later the CIA or other Secret Services (if I may say secret) will get them. |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2004-12-27 7:19:05 PM |
| #17 Some Rantburgers post comments along the lines that the "mainstream media" supports the terrorists, wants the USA to lose, etc. I usually am annoyed by such comments, but I have to say that this article is good evidence for such comments. I would call this article treasonous. I edited out much of the original article. The entire article is characterized by a treasonous attitude, in my opinion. Treasonous, seditious, whatever ... it's definitely a threat to our national security. Just because you have a right to do something doesn't make it the right thing to do. This reporter needs that quote tattooed across his forehead. You can safely bet that the tail numbers on that craft have already been changed. I'd also wager that there's a phone tap in place for a certain reporter. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-12-27 4:51:02 PM |
| #16 Hey he made it to Rantburg...must be doing something right! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-12-27 3:53:15 PM |
| #15 I guess the CIA forgot all the stuff they learned while operating Air America in Southeast Asia. Each aircraft had six or seven different tail numbers, six or seven different sets of papers, and a bunch of other stuff. This sounds more like a charter operation than "black" ops, and the CIA doesn't CARE if people know. The reporter is a frustrated little toad that wants to be a big toad, but doesn't have the intelligence for it. Guess he'll continue to swim in the same little pond in someone's back yard until he gets a CLUE. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-12-27 3:47:43 PM |
| #14 Sorry Klink, I don't know what happened there? |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2004-12-27 2:47:45 PM |
| #13 Hmm. In triplicate. Do you work for the government? |
| Posted by: Col. Klink 2004-12-27 2:36:42 PM |
| #12 IM HOPING THESE PLANES HAVE THE EJECTION SEAT SIMILAR TO MILITARY JETS - SO WE CAN JETTISON SOME ISLAMONUTS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AFTER THEIR INTELLIGENCE VALUE HAS BEEN DEPLETED. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2004-12-27 2:34:27 PM |
| #11 IM HOPING THESE PLANES HAVE THE EJECTION SEAT SIMILAR TO MILITARY JETS - SO WE CAN JETTISON SOME ISLAMONUTS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AFTER THEIR INTELLIGENCE VALUE HAS BEEN DEPLETED. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2004-12-27 2:33:58 PM |
| #10 IM HOPING THESE PLANES HAVE THE EJECTION SEAT SIMILAR TO MILITARY JETS - SO WE CAN JETTISON SOME ISLAMONUTS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AFTER THEIR INTELLIGENCE VALUE HAS BEEN DEPLETED. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2004-12-27 2:33:50 PM |
| #9 Maybe "seditious" is a better word. For some reason, I seem to be agreeing with whatever you write. It's kind of a strange feeling ..... |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-12-27 1:44:16 PM |
| #8 who are you and what did you do to the real Mike Sylwester? Mwahaha! I see our clone and replace program is going well. But seriously Mike, its not realy treasonous if there is no desire to aid the other side. Most journos don't/aren't capable of thinking that far out. Treason requires a preference for something. These guys are all universaly hypnotized by a mixture of bush derangement syndrome, and the desire to copy woodward & bernstein, who took down a sitting president. The bigger picture simply dosen't occur to them, and prolly won't even when the Jihadis are sawing at their throat. But a term that might fit is Sedition. IIRC this covers attacks on your own W/O Knowingly aiding an enemy. Sort of like the old school anarchists. Any lawyers/scholars here want to comment? |
| Posted by: N Guard 2004-12-27 1:32:17 PM |
| #7 who are you and what did you do to the real Mike Sylwester? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-27 1:16:34 PM |
| #6 I can't believe that I'm agreeing with Mike Sylwester: it's treasonous. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-12-27 1:01:14 PM |
| #5 Some Rantburgers post comments along the lines that the "mainstream media" supports the terrorists, wants the USA to lose, etc. I usually am annoyed by such comments, but I have to say that this article is good evidence for such comments. I would call this article treasonous. I edited out much of the original article. The entire article is characterized by a treasonous attitude, in my opinion. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-12-27 12:55:39 PM |
| #4 "...a Gulfstream V turbojet, the sort favored by CEOs.." Time to paint that number on a couple more planes. Just wondering what type of plane the Washington Post Company has? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back 2004-12-27 11:52:40 AM |
| #3 Too bad its not "rendering" instead of "rendition". |
| Posted by: DO 2004-12-27 11:36:13 AM |
| #2 I guess foreign aid to Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Yemen pays dividends occasionally. |
| Posted by: joeblow 2004-12-27 11:31:48 AM |
| #1 Time to paint that number on a couple more planes. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-27 11:07:09 AM |