Tuesday, September 13, 2005
170 CIA ‘prisoner’ flights have stopped off in Scotland
THE CIA has used Scottish airports 170 times in the past four years as secret refuelling stops for "Guantanamo Bay Express" flights suspected of carrying Islamic militants to interrogation and possible torture abroad.
Prestwick and Glasgow top the pit-stop league table north of the border with 75 and 74 visits respectively, followed by 14 for Edinburgh, six for RAF Leuchars, five for Inverness and two for Wick, according to records obtained from the US Federal Aviation Administration.