[pierrem15]

1) There is no Scottish airspace, only UK airspace under the control of Westminster, not the SNP progs in Edinburgh.

2) The flight could not have "grabbed" Snowden, it could have only extradited him if the Danes had been willing and able to turn him over to the US.

[cornfedcowboy]

I am not sure how a secret flight would assist getting Snowden. Would they try to nab him and throw him on an airplane and take him back before asking permission? How does one land an airplane secretly Europe?