Premier Executive Transport Services was an airline listed as Foreign Corporation in the
. It is alleged to be a
front company
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for the
Central Intelligence Agency
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(CIA). According to investigative journalists the company does not have any offices or premises, and searches of public records for identifying information about the company's officers have yielded only post office boxes in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. and also known as P LLC in Wyoming.
Premier Executive Transport Services has apparently owned two planes, both with permits to land at U.S. military bases: a
Gulfstream V
The Gulfstream V (Model GV, pronounced "G-five") is a long-range, large business jet aircraft produced by Gulfstream Aerospace, derived from the previous Gulfstream IV. It flies up to , up to and has a range. It typically accommodates four cr ...
with the tail number N44982 (formerly N379P and N8068V), and a
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington.
Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two un ...
with the tail number N313P (now N720MM and owned by
MGM Mirage
MGM Resorts International is an American global hospitality and entertainment company operating destination resorts in Las Vegas, Massachusetts, Detroit, Mississippi, Maryland, and New Jersey, including Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, and Par ...
.) These planes are reported to have been involved in the CIA's
extraordinary rendition
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program,
in which suspected terrorists are transported to
black sites
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to be interrogated and, allegedly, tortured.
See also
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Black site
In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black operation or black project is conducted. According to the Associated Press, "Black sites are clandestine jails where prisoners generally are not charged with a ...
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Aero Contractors
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Rendition aircraft
This page describes several aircraft that are alleged in media reports to have been used in the practice of extraordinary rendition, the extralegal transfer of prisoners from one country to another.
N313P
N313P was a tailnumber assigned to a Boe ...
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List of defunct airlines of the United States
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References
External links
State of Massachusetts Records of Premier Executive Transport Services
Central Intelligence Agency front organizations
Defunct airlines of the United States
Companies based in Massachusetts
Extraordinary rendition program
Central Intelligence Agency operations
Conspiracy theories in the United States
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