Here we go again !
This story will morph into "CIA Torture Flights" before the sun is over the yardarm.( There is a Stalinist group which specializes in this sort of disinformation, and which has placed ANYONE using certain aircraft in danger.)
I think you have nailed it, gene.
Thank God the Tories are in power now and the election is over. Martin's Liberano$ would be capitalizing on this American-bashing opportunity. If the planes were following proper procedures and everything was done by the books, then it is a non-issue. But the tin-foil hat crowd will always be suspicious of anything CIA.