US expresses disappointment in Italian verdict on CIA kidnap case
By APWednesday, November 4, 2009
US disappointed in Italian verdict on CIA kidnap
WASHINGTON — The United States expressed disappointment over an Italian court’s conviction of 23 Americans in absentia of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Wednesday that the United States would not comment further because the judge had not issued a written opinion. But he said the Obama administration was “disappointed about the verdicts.”
The landmark case involved the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism. The Americans, all but one identified by prosecutors as CIA agents, were tried in absentia as subsequent Italian governments refused or ignored prosecutors’ extradition requests.
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November 4, 2009: 10:31 pm
I am from vancouver,canada and i wanted to comment on the 26 american CIA agents charged in Milan, Italy on rendition activites.The american gov.should have turned these people over to the Italian gov. for prosecution on terrorist related activites.It is hypocritical of the U.S.gov.to say that they are fighting against terrorism when they are in fact protecting CIA terrorists. |
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