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"Fredric L. Rice DeRothschilde, Esq." |
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25 Sep 2005 12:17:49 PM |
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Christians torture innocent people |
Isn't Christianity wonderful?
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September 24, 2005
Navy Secretly Contracted Jets Used by CIA
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 2:23 p.m. ET
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A branch of the U.S. Navy secretly contracted a 33-plane
fleet that included two Gulfstream jets reportedly used to fly terror
suspects to countries known to practice torture, according to documents
obtained by The Associated Press.
At least 10 U.S. aviation companies were issued classified contracts in
2001 and 2002 by the obscure Navy Engineering Logistics Office for the
''occasional airlift of USN (Navy) cargo worldwide,'' according to Defense
Department documents the AP obtained through a Freedom of Information Act
request.
Two of the companies -- Richmor Aviation Inc. and Premier Executive
Transport Services Inc. -- chartered luxury Gulfstreams that flew terror
suspects captured in Europe to Egypt, according to U.S. and European media
reports. Once there, the men told family members, they were tortured.
Authorities in Italy and Sweden have expressed outrage over flights they
say were illegal and orchestrated by the U.S. government.
While the Gulfstreams came under scrutiny in 2001, what hasn't been
disclosed is the Navy's role in contracting planes involved in operations
the CIA terms ''rendition'' and what Italian prosecutors call kidnapping.
''A lot of us have been focusing on the role of the CIA but also suspecting
that certain parts of the armed forces are involved,'' said Margaret
Satterthwaite, a New York University School of Law researcher who has
investigated renditions.
The Navy contracts involve more planes than previously reported -- other
news outlets totaled 26 planes; the AP identified 33 planes.
Italian judges have issued arrest warrants for 19 purported CIA operatives
who allegedly snatched a Muslim cleric from Milan in 2003 and flew him to
Cairo, according to FAA records cited by the Chicago Tribune, aboard
Richmor's Gulfstream IV. The jet belongs to a part-owner of the Boston Red
Sox, who told The Boston Globe that the team's logo was covered when the
CIA leased the plane. Another case involves two men taken from Sweden to
Egypt in 2001 aboard Premier's Gulfstream V.
Neither the CIA nor a Navy spokeswoman at the Pentagon would comment for
this story. Officials at the Navy Engineering Logistics Office, or NELO, in
Arlington, Va., didn't respond to messages requesting comment.
Joseph P. Duenas, counsel for the logistics office, declined to provide the
contracts, saying they ''involve national security information that is
classified.''
The secrecy surrounding the deals makes it unclear why NELO issued them,
but one reason may be the office's anonymity -- the agency is so buried
within the Pentagon bureaucracy that some career Navy officials have never
heard of it.
John Hutson, a retired rear admiral who was the Navy's Judge Advocate
General from 1997 to 2000 and is critical of the Bush administration's
detainee policies, said he was not familiar with NELO. Told of its
activities, Hutson said NELO employees could be held liable if they knew
the planes would be used for renditions. Human rights lawyers allege
rendition flights violate criminal law.
The office has been around since the mid-1970s, according to a former
employee who spoke on condition of anonymity because NELO's activities are
secret. NELO operates under different names: it's also known as the Navy's
Office of Special Projects and its San Diego location is called the Navy
Regional Plant Equipment Office.
None of those names is listed in the U.S. Government Manual, the official
compilation of federal departments, agencies and offices. A man who
answered the phone at NELO's Arlington office refused to give his name or
the agency's address, suggesting it may be classified.
In court documents filed in the case of a fired Office of Special Projects
whistleblower, government attorneys described the agency's principal
function as ''the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence
activities.''
The AP learned of the airplane contracts through a Freedom of Information
Act request that focused on a different subject -- permits granted to all
10 aviation companies that let them land at any Navy base worldwide.
The permits list planes operated by the companies and a contract number
issued by NELO. The numbers provide some details about the contracts,
including when they were issued, but do not say when they expire. In the
documents the AP reviewed, contracts were issued in 2001 and 2002 and were
cited on landing permits issued in 2004. The NELO contract numbers also
appear on permits issued in 2003 and 2004 that allowed seven of the
companies to buy fuel at military bases worldwide.
The permits list 31 planes under NELO contract other than the two
Gulfstreams. They include a small Cessna; three huge Lockheed Hercules
cargo planes; a Gulfstream 1159a; a Lear Jet 35A; a DC-3; two Boeing 737s;
and a 53-passenger DeHavilland DH-8 photographed by plane spotters in
Afghanistan.
Ownership of the planes is shielded behind a maze of paperwork and elusive
executives.
James J. Kershaw is listed as president of three of the companies, located
in Massachusetts, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Two other companies share the same vice president, Colleen Bornt. Extensive
public record searches could not locate either of them.
Record searches also failed to turn up information on Leonard T. Bayard,
whose firm bought Premier Executive Transport Services' Gulfstream. The
address of Bayard's firm is the Portland, Ore., office of attorney Scott
Caplan. Asked if his client is a real person, Caplan replied: ''No
comment.''
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| Title: Re: Christians torture innocent people |
26 Sep 2005 07:01:20 AM |
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Fredric L. Rice DeRothschilde, Esq. wrote:
Isn't Christianity wonderful?
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September 24, 2005
Navy Secretly Contracted Jets Used by CIA
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 2:23 p.m. ET
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A branch of the U.S. Navy secretly contracted a 33-plane
fleet that included two Gulfstream jets reportedly used to fly terror
suspects to countries known to practice torture, according to documents
obtained by The Associated Press.
<snip>
While the Gulfstreams came under scrutiny in 2001, what hasn't been
disclosed is the Navy's role in contracting planes involved in operations
the CIA terms ''rendition'' and what Italian prosecutors call kidnapping.
60 Minutes did a piece on this last winter. I wonder what
took AP so long to talk about it.
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work
within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
- Claire Wolfe
"I disagree with the second part."
- Detective Somerset of "Se7en", paraphrased
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Christians torture innocent people |
27 Sep 2005 10:34:33 AM |
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On 26 Sep 2005 05:01:20 -0700, wrote:
Fredric L. Rice DeRothschilde, Esq. wrote:
Isn't Christianity wonderful?
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September 24, 2005
Navy Secretly Contracted Jets Used by CIA
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 2:23 p.m. ET
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A branch of the U.S. Navy secretly contracted a 33-plane
fleet that included two Gulfstream jets reportedly used to fly terror
suspects to countries known to practice torture, according to documents
obtained by The Associated Press.
<snip>
While the Gulfstreams came under scrutiny in 2001, what hasn't been
disclosed is the Navy's role in contracting planes involved in operations
the CIA terms ''rendition'' and what Italian prosecutors call kidnapping.
60 Minutes did a piece on this last winter. I wonder what
took AP so long to talk about it.
Bureaucracy. Things take time to get through the former White House
news authorization gang.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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