Navy contracted for planes in CIA operation

Seth Hettena of The Associated Press reports the Navy issued contracts for planes “reportedly used to fly terror suspects to countries known to practice torture.” The AP says documents from the Department of Defense, obtained through a FOIA request, involve more planes (33) than previously reported. While there was “scrutiny in 2001, but what hasn’t been disclosed is the Navy’s role in contracting planes involved in operations the CIA terms ‘rendition’ and what Italian prosecutors call kidnapping.”