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ADKbrown
 Post subject: Shades of Moe Berg
PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:43 am 
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If the plane was used to move Mr. Arar, it is the fourth known to have been used to transport suspected terrorists secretly from one country to detention in another.

Among the three identified in previous news reports is one owned by a company apparently set up by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to The Washington Post. Another, first described by The Chicago Tribune, is an ordinary charter jet that was also used by the Boston Red Sox manager between missions ferrying detainees and their guards to Guantánamo, with the Red Sox logo attached to the fuselage or removed, depending on who was aboard. -- NYT

*Red Sox share a plane with the CIA, Red Sox win World Series. Just a coincidence? ... Also note that, according to Times, their manager is ferrying "detainees" to Gitmo.*
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Sadly, I, like Moe Berg, have been known to carry as-yet unread piles of newspapers around with me till I can get to them.

I have never been approached for employment by the CIA, however.

The Catcher Was a Spy is a great read.
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Agree about the book. Berg was sure an interesting fellow.
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