CIA used Czech airports for extraordinary renditions

The American Central Intelligence Agency used Czech airports to carry out extraordinary renditions on at least two occasions in 2004. According to US court documents acquired by Czech Radio, two small jets with diplomatic status landed in Prague in the autumn of that year ferrying terrorism suspects between the United States and sites in the Middle East. The CIA used two external companies to intermediate the transfers. The same planes were also used to transfer prisoners to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Czech politicians have consistently denied any participation on the part of the Czech Republic in the CIA’s clandestine rendition programmes. The US embassy in Prague has thus far refused to comment.