CIA given ‘full access’ to British airports
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been granted “full access” to Britain’s military airfields to transport terrorist suspects, the Mail on Sunday reported. The newspaper published photographs taken by aircraft enthusiasts apparently showing three US aircraft at three Scottish airports - Edinburgh, Prestwick and Glasgow - on June 20, 2004, November 13, 2004 and September 16 this year.
“Our investigation has found proof that a series of aircraft linked to the CIA’s ‘extraordinary rendition’ programme have been flying in and out of Britain unchecked by the authorities,” it claimed. The Mail on Sunday said one of the planes - a CASA turboprop - had also been photographed at Kabul airport, Afghanistan, and was suspected by human rights groups to have been used to move terror suspects for interrogation.
Another - an unmarked civilian Hercules C-130 - is also at the centre of a European Union probe about the alleged illegal use of EU airspace, it added.
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