13 July, 17:54
Roman Seleznev
Kidnapped by US
Agents,
Whisked
Away by
Vista Jet
CIA
Rendition
Flight
© Photo: VESTI.Ru
By John Robles
The father of Roman Seleznev has offered a $50,000 reward for information
regarding the arrest of his son in the Maldives, including any video or other
evidence supporting the reports and witness statements that it was American
agents that arrested, questioned and then transported his son to Guam. The case
is another example of the United States and the CIA flaunting international laws
and forcing countries to allow them free reign.
Americans involved
Roman Seleznev's common law wife Anna Otisko, who was with him at the airport
when he was detained, described Roman's captors during an emotional press
conference she gave to Russian media along with Roman’s father, Russian MP
Valery Seleznev. She described how American CIA agents arrested and interrogated
Roman. She said that the agents were clearly not from among the local population
as they were Caucasian and spoke in clear American English. With tears in her
eyes she described how she could hear the agents aggressively questioning Roman
and how he repeatedly replied "No! No!" to their questions.
Other witnesses also report that a team of American agents was seen whisking Mr.
Seleznev away to an awaiting private aircraft and treating him in a very
aggressive and forceful manner. Witness statements contradict the official
statements coming out of the Maldives that it was a completely local operation
and that police were lawfully carrying out an Interpol red notice warrant. Given
that local laws that require such suspects to be allowed a hearing in a court
before extradition after which a proper order must be handed down were
completely ignored, the case is completely identical of the detentions of Victor
Bout and Constantin Yaroshenko.
CIA flight exposed
As with all CIA rendition operations the devil is in the details, and although
the CIA always attempts to keep their infrastructure secret there are always
clues left behind that an alert investigator can use to cross the "T"s and dot
the "I"s, the rendition of Mr. Seleznev being no exception.
Mr. Seleznev was supposed to have taken TransAero flight UN 510 departing from
Male International Airport in the Maldives at 11:55 to Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport
but was never allowed to board that flight.
According to flight tracking information after his quick detention and
questioning Mr. Seleznev was whisked away on a Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft
owned by VISTA JET with flight number Vistajet 510. According to flight
information the scheduled departure time was 11:00 local time but for some
reason it was delayed and departed 19 minutes later. This delay was no doubt due
to the unpredictable nature of the rendition, though it shows that the CIA
expected the procedure to take much less time. The time also coincides with the
fact that Roman would have arrived on the airport earlier to register for the
flight and although his hotel could not be reached I would assume that the CIA
already knew in advance when Roman would arrive by taxi to the airport. Vista
Jet flight VJT510 arrived in Guam at 02:33, four minutes ahead of schedule.
After arriving in Guam the aircraft then flew to Dalian, Liaoning in the
People’s Republic of China - a fact which may be unrelated but seems rather
suspicious given the nature of the aircraft and the mission it had just been on.
Perhaps the aircraft had legitimate clients on board, however Vista Jet refused
to comment on any aspect of this story.
Under current difficult economic times when airlines continue to go belly up
worldwide, Vista Jet seems to be an exception as it is flourishing, which is
fully in line with the fact that the airline appears to be used by the CIA for
operations such as rendition flights. Again Vista Jet refused to comment when I
contacted their representatives. According to Vista Jet’s site in November of
2012 Vista Jet placed the single largest transaction in the history of business
aviation by placing an order for Bombadier Global Jets worth $7.8 billion
dollars.
Identity theft
After reading the Grand Jury Indictment handed down against Roman Seleznev it
becomes clear why a Secret Grand Jury was used to target him. The United States
has no evidence and is basing their persecution on the fact that the name Roman
Seleznev was used by the criminals they are seeking in what can only be
described as identity theft. If the date on the indictment is correct, March 16
2011, then it is also suspicious why Roman was involved in a terrorist attack
shortly thereafter. If we recall Roman was one of the victims of a terrorist
attack in Marrakech, Morocco on April 28th 2011, a fact that may point to a
failed CIA execution attempt and might be fuel for conspiracy theorists.
The indictment covers the targets of the alleged hackers and any investigator
worth his salt would probably never file charges against an individual on such
contradictory circumstantial evidence. Hence the reason the Grand Jury mechanism
was used. The targets of the "hacker" include small local cafes and localized
targets that no international "super hacker" would go after. I would suggest the
investigators look into disgruntled local residents if they are really
interested in finding the perpetrators of the crimes they allege. As Roman only
has basic computer knowledge it is not possible that he is the person the US
seeks.
In the US Grand Juries meet in secret, their evidence is kept hidden and their
findings are not subject to oversight, hence it is the ideal tool for political
prosecutions with a pre-determined outcome like those of Julian Assange and
other information activists. In such cases evidence is almost impossible to
gather, which also explains why Roman was being pressured and kept under
conditions amounting to torture as US agents attempted to force him to confess
that he is the Roman Seleznev they are looking for.
Rather than admitting they have made a mistake, free the illegally detained
Seleznev and apologize for conducting yet another illegal rendition, the US
Government will continue to make an abomination of international law and
illegally detain yet another Russian citizen for a crime he did not commit. Here
we can recall Victor Bout and Constantin Yaroshenko who are locked up in
American prisons for "conspiracy to commit crimes" and not for actual crimes
committed.
I hope that Roman will be freed soon as he has done nothing wrong, but as with
all political prosecutions the US will be highly unlikely to admit they made a
mistake. As for Vista Air, they may be just an innocent organization used by the
CIA and not involved in anything nefarious, but nevertheless I would fly on
Aeroflot or Transaero just to be on the safe side. Given the fact that Mr.
Seleznev is a Russian citizen and was taken against his will illegally from the
Maldives, one might take up the issue with Vista Air, their number is 44 207 0
605 700. For some reason they did not want to talk to me.