CIA agents found guilty and sentenced in Italy

[PRED]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8343123.stm

An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans - all but one of them CIA agents - and two Italian secret agents for the 2003 kidnap of a Muslim cleric.
The agents were accused of abducting Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from Milan and sending him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured.
The trial, which began in June 2007, is the first involving the CIA's so-called "extraordinary rendition" programme.
The Obama administration has expressed its disappointment at the convictions.
"We are disappointed by the verdicts," state department spokesman Ian Kelly said in Washington.
He declined to comment further pending a written opinion from the judge, but said an appeal was likely.
Three Americans and five Italians were acquitted by the court in Milan.
Symbolic ruling








I guess the U.S will ignore the exradition requests , however they want to be careful where they travel for the rest of their lives. The way europe is going if you step foot in any country it'll be like stepping foot in any of the others

[katherine]

So it's official - the US sponsors state terrorism.

[Gerry]

I guess the U.S will ignore the exradition requests , however they want to be careful where they travel for the rest of their lives. The way europe is going if you step foot in any country it'll be like stepping foot in any of the others

Extradition???

I guess Italy will have to snatch them off the street, blindfold them, and fly them to Rome to stand trial...

but, now it is not necessary to use those "extradition" practices. They have been sentenced in absentia.

[Donald Aquilano]

What a joke. So much for European help in fighting Islamic terrorists. Well at least Obama is disappointed about the decision but really he should be outraged. As I recall this was done with the cooperation of the Italian government at the time.


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