German government confirms list of CIA flights

Germany has a list of more than 400 overflights and landings by planes suspected of being used by the CIA, part of the information it hopes US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will clarify on her visit there, a government spokesman said today.

Ulrich Wilhelm confirmed a weekend report in Der Spiegel magazine that the list – drawn up by air traffic control – showed at least 437 flights had passed over or through Germany. The issue is being taken up by a parliamentary panel examining when the previous German government obtained this information and how much it knew about the operation.