CIA 'torture flights' claims to be studied by ministers
MINISTERS have pledged to look into evidence that Scottish airports have been used by CIA "rendition flights".
A report by UK police chiefs concluded that Britain did not allow the so-called "torture flights" to use its airports to take terror suspects out of Europe.
But aviation experts have claimed that a CIA plane landed in Britain just over a week ago.
Yesterday the justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, invited civil liberties organisations to bring to him any evidence that they may have about Scottish airports being used for the flights.
Alex Salmond, the First Minister, and Elish Angiolini, the Lord Advocate, backed the move which was part of the SNP'S election manifesto.
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