Was U.K. Involved In A Plot To Capture NSA Leaker Edward Snowden?

Edward Snowden appears in the trailer for the film Citizenfour. Praxis Films via YouTube

The National: Secret US flight flew over Scottish airspace 'to capture Snowden’

THE UK GOVERNMENT is facing demands to reveal the details of a secret flight through Scottish airspace which was at the centre of a plot to capture whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The plane, which passed above the Outer Hebrides, the Highlands and Aberdeenshire, was dispatched from the American east coast on June 24 2013, the day after Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow. The craft was used in controversial US ‘rendition’ missions.

Reports by Scottish journalist Duncan Campbell claim the flight, travelling well above the standard aviation height at 45,000 feet and without a filed flight plan, was part of a mission to capture Snowden following his release of documents revealing mass surveillance by US and UK secret services.

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WNU Editor: I am sure the U.S. authorities would love to get their hands on Edward Snowden .... but as to this specific flight .... it is all speculation right now.