Premier Executive Transport Services
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Premier Executive Transport Services was an airline listed as Foreign Corporation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
. It is widely believed to be a front company for the Central Intelligence Agency
. 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 DC.
Premier is a Delaware registered corporation with its home office listed as HILL & PLAKIAS, P.C. , 339 Washington Street, STE 202, Dedham, Massachusetts
, 02026. It was registered in Massachusetts from 23 October 1996 till 02 October 2008.
Premier's officers and directors of the corporation were as follows:
Premier Executive Transport Services has apparently owned two planes, both with permits to land at U.S. military bases : a Gulfstream V
with the tail number N44982 (formerly N379P and N8068V), and a Boeing 737
with the tail number N313P (now N4476S and owned by Keeler & Tate Management). These planes are reported to have been involved in the CIA's extraordinary rendition
program, in which suspected terrorists are transported to black sites for interrogation and, allegedly, torture.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. It is widely believed to be a front company for the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
. 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 DC.
Premier is a Delaware registered corporation with its home office listed as HILL & PLAKIAS, P.C. , 339 Washington Street, STE 202, Dedham, Massachusetts
Dedham, Massachusetts
Dedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by...
, 02026. It was registered in Massachusetts from 23 October 1996 till 02 October 2008.
Premier's officers and directors of the corporation were as follows:
- President and Director — Philip QUINCANNON
- Secretary/Treasurer and Director — James KERSHAW
- Other Directors — Colleen A. BORNT
Premier Executive Transport Services has apparently owned two planes, both with permits to land at U.S. military bases : a Gulfstream V
Gulfstream V
The Gulfstream V is a business jet aircraft produced by Gulfstream Aerospace. It is also used by the US military under the designation C-37A. The G500 and G550 are improved versions which are currently in production...
with the tail number N44982 (formerly N379P and N8068V), and a Boeing 737
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...
with the tail number N313P (now N4476S and owned by Keeler & Tate Management). These planes are reported to have been involved in the CIA's extraordinary rendition
Extraordinary rendition
Extraordinary rendition is the abduction and illegal transfer of a person from one nation to another. "Torture by proxy" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States and the United Kingdom have transferred suspected terrorists to other countries in order to torture the...
program, in which suspected terrorists are transported to black sites for interrogation and, allegedly, torture.
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- Extraordinary renditionExtraordinary renditionExtraordinary rendition is the abduction and illegal transfer of a person from one nation to another. "Torture by proxy" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States and the United Kingdom have transferred suspected terrorists to other countries in order to torture the...
- Black siteBlack siteIn military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted. Recently, the term has gained notoriety in describing secret prisons operated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency , generally outside of U.S. territory and legal jurisdiction. It...
- Aero ContractorsAero Contractors (US)Aero Contractors Ltd., a private charter company based in Smithfield, North Carolina, is said to provide discrete air transport services for the Central Intelligence Agency.The company was founded in 1979 by the late Jim Rhyne, a former pilot with Air America...
- Rendition aircraft