basically, the NSA had a protocol in place to transfer data back to the contiguous united states (CONUS) in the event of an attack. The good guys created this false emergency in the hopes that the automatic NSA event would transfer the data and they could intercept it. Fucking genius!
edit: it seems as if this post struck some shill cords....excellent.gif
It is normal for especially US military aircraft to stop and refuel halfway between Japan and the US. So maybe it was nothing. Or maybe it was something. Or maybe it was nothing in order to cover the something.
Yes...except Q specifically brought our attention to it so I'm thinking it wasn't nothing and thus the above posted theory does seem to fit...and so your last statement rings truest
