CIA rendition jet was waiting in Europe to take Snowden in 2013

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57. hmm. I'm wondering if N977GA will continue to be used as the tail number since it has changed once

before? (Now that their cover has been blown by this article) ..

A couple of days ago, friends of mine were flying here to the Bay Area from Oslo on KLM/Delta and I was able to track their flight from point of departure to arrival in Seattle. It was interesting to be able to do that. I just needed their flight number/airline.

But in the case of these "off the radar" special ops I'm wondering if there are ways for certain techies with knowledge/capabilities to track private flights, in real time. Even though, like in this case, the airline is private, doesn't need to report to air traffic controllers, since apparently it isn't required if flying high enough in altitude. (interesting factoid, that). The tail number is only useful for some level of identification, while concealing it's mission. just curious.