US military planes criss-cross Europe using bogus call sign

Catchme · February 17, 2007

So just what is this Canadian jet doing of the illegal nature?

THE American military have been operating flights across Europe using a call sign assigned to a civilian airline that they have no legal right to use.
Not only is the call sign bogus — according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) — so, it appears, are some of the aircraft details the Americans have filed with the air traffic control authorities.

In at least one case, a plane identified with the CIA practice of “extraordinary rendition” — transporting terrorist suspects — left a US air base just after the arrival of an aircraft using the bogus call sign.

The call sign Juliet Golf Oscar (JGO) followed by a flight number belongs, says the ICAO, to a now bankrupt Canadian low-cost airline called Jetsgo of Montreal.

But for several years and as recently as last December it has been used selectively by both the American air force and army to cover the flights of aircraft to and from the Balkans.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...ticle732439.ece

weaponeer · February 18, 2007

As a military air controller all I can say is so....

Catchme · February 18, 2007

My bets are on carrying opium, and snatched people. Or both.

weaponeer · February 18, 2007

You forgot "space aliens" to Area 51....

Catchme · February 20, 2007

War On Terrorism: Protect them from us

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD

-- one minute, you're walking down the street, the next, you're bound and blindfolded in a van, taken on board a private jet by a "Removal Unit" and flown to another country where you're held prisoner and tortured.
... It's the handiwork of our very own Central Intelligence Agency. It's called the "extraordinary rendition" program, and some reports indicate that Jeppesen Inc. (motto: Make Every Mission Possible), a subsidiary of our very own Boeing, made those flights possible.

....you don't hear much water-cooler talk about it in these parts. Perhaps the details of the story seemed too creepy or outlandish to be considered (flying saucers, anyone?). Overseas, our rendition program has become an issue. European countries, many of which have cooperated with the CIA, have been vocal about it. On Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted a report accusing 15 countries,..

For example, Switzerland allowed the CIA to use its airspace while transporting an Egyptian Muslim cleric abducted in Italy (where 26 CIA Americans and six Italians are set to be tried for the kidnapping). ... Human rights violations, anyone?...There's no exact count of how many people have been taken in this manner, although Amnesty International's estimates run into the 100's, with 25 specific cases being known.

It's sickening to see what we're getting away with in the name of our "war against terror." Who is going to protect the rest of the world from us?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/304013_ciaed.html