The Local: Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden
Denmark’s justice minister admitted on Friday that the US sent a rendition flight to Copenhagen Airport that was meant to capture whistleblower Edward Snowden and return him to the United States.
The revelation that the US landed a private aircraft in Copenhagen intended to capture Snowden in June 2013 was first reported last month by the Danish online media Denfri, but Danish officials initially denied the report.
On Friday however it was reported that Justice Minister Søren Pind told parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee that the Danish government did allow the Americans to use both Danish airspace and the airport knowing full well that the aircraft was intended to take a captured Snowden back to the US.
“The purpose of the plane’s presence at Copenhagen Airport was apparently to have the ability to transport Edward Snowden to the USA in case he was delivered from Russia or another country,” Pind said in a written statement.
As recently as Wednesday, Pind said that he “wasn’t aware of the purpose of the aircraft in question”.
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WNU Editor: I would not be surprised if (right now) there is a team within the CIA/NSA whose sole job is to watch Edward Snowden 24/7 .... and to also watch those who have enabled him .... Snowden's Chronicler Reveals Her Own Life Under Surveillance (Wired). And in the event that Edward Snowden does travel to Europe (or elsewhere), they will move in fast to take him.
More News On Denmark Admitting That A U.S. Rendition Plane Was Laying In Wait For NSA Leaker Edward Snowden In Copenhagen In June 2013
Justice minister admits that rendition plane was sent for Snowden -- Copenhagen Post
US government jet lay in wait for Snowden in Copenhagen -- The Guardian
Denmark Says US Plane Was Ready to Fly Snowden Back -- AP
Denmark officially confirms US plane was in Copenhagen in June 2013 to fly Snowden to America -- RT
2 comments:
Snowden dodged the bullet to a short torture detention on Diego Garcia, perhaps.
Lawrence Wilkerson, who was chief of staff to Colin Powell at the US state department, said the Indian Ocean atoll was used by the CIA as “a transit site where people were temporarily housed, let us say, and interrogated from time to time”.
Laura Poitras and Edward Snowden are true patriots .. the rest are scum ..
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