
CIA Landed Up to 74 Torture Flights in Canada Babylon Project \|\| March 06, 2006 Newly declassified documents show that CIA planes have landed in Canada 74 times since the 9/11 terror attacks, underscoring fears that the United States is transporting suspects through its neighboring country en route to foreign prisons for torture. The government memos were released this week under Canada's Access to Information Act and the Associated Press obtained them Thursday from The Canadian Press. According to internal government briefing notes, senior intelligence officials from six government agencies, including the Security Intelligence Service, met in late November to discuss the flights. One memo dated November 28th instructed officials to tell the media that there was "no credible information to suggest that these planes were used to ferry suspected terrorists to and from Canada, or that illegal activity took place." Last November, journalists and the Opposition in Parliament -- the Conservative Party that now is in power -- raised allegations that at least six aircraft linked to alleged front companies for the CIA had landed at Canadian airports in the previous six months. One of the briefing notes, which is stamped "SECRET," said that Canada Border Services Agency reported that 20 aircraft had made 74 flights to Canada since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The Public Safety Department in Ottawa said in January that a federal review of landings by the CIA flights showed no evidence of "illegal activities." Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com But Amnesty International said the Canadian government has yet to provide the human rights group evidence that the flights were not used to ferry terror suspects to foreign prisons. Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty's Canadian branch, told reporters that "there's clearly a range of international human rights concerns associated with flights of this description." He said Ottawa should be held responsible if it is determined that the flights did in fact deliver terror suspects into torture, a violation of the Canadian constitution. Neve said: "If you're part of the chain of events that make that happen, then your human rights responsibility as a government are engaged." Flight data obtained by The Canadian Press show that since mid-2005, at least seven different planes owned by reputed CIA shell corporations have landed at Canadian airports. One recent flight, an 11-seat Beech turboprop, set out for Keflavik, Iceland, on February 12th from Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, where it had arrived the previous day from Montreal. The European Union has demanded answers from the State Department about reports of secret U.S.-run prisons for terrorism suspects in Europe. The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch says that they have evidence that suspects captured in Afghanistan have been transported through several countries of Europe, including Romania and Poland. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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CIA Landed Up to 74 Torture Flights in Canada

Babylon Project || March 06, 2006

Newly declassified documents show that CIA planes have landed in Canada 74 times since the 9/11 terror attacks, underscoring fears that the United States is transporting suspects through its neighboring country en route to foreign prisons for torture.

The government memos were released this week under Canada's Access to Information Act and the Associated Press obtained them Thursday from The Canadian Press. According to internal government briefing notes, senior intelligence officials from six government agencies, including the Security Intelligence Service, met in late November to discuss the flights.

One memo dated November 28th instructed officials to tell the media that there was "no credible information to suggest that these planes were used to ferry suspected terrorists to and from Canada, or that illegal activity took place."

Last November, journalists and the Opposition in Parliament -- the Conservative Party that now is in power -- raised allegations that at least six aircraft linked to alleged front companies for the CIA had landed at Canadian airports in the previous six months.

One of the briefing notes, which is stamped "SECRET," said that Canada Border Services Agency reported that 20 aircraft had made 74 flights to Canada since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The Public Safety Department in Ottawa said in January that a federal review of landings by the CIA flights showed no evidence of "illegal activities."

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

But Amnesty International said the Canadian government has yet to provide the human rights group evidence that the flights were not used to ferry terror suspects to foreign prisons. Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty's Canadian branch, told reporters that "there's clearly a range of international human rights concerns associated with flights of this description."

He said Ottawa should be held responsible if it is determined that the flights did in fact deliver terror suspects into torture, a violation of the Canadian constitution. Neve said: "If you're part of the chain of events that make that happen, then your human rights responsibility as a government are engaged."

Flight data obtained by The Canadian Press show that since mid-2005, at least seven different planes owned by reputed CIA shell corporations have landed at Canadian airports. One recent flight, an 11-seat Beech turboprop, set out for Keflavik, Iceland, on February 12th from Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, where it had arrived the previous day from Montreal.

The European Union has demanded answers from the State Department about reports of secret U.S.-run prisons for terrorism suspects in Europe. The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch says that they have evidence that suspects captured in Afghanistan have been transported through several countries of Europe, including Romania and Poland.

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