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Italy Convicts CIA Agents of Kidnapping

2003 case is first to challenge practice of extraordinary rendition

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 4, 2009 11:12 AM CST

(AP) – An Italian judge today convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism. Judge Oscar Magi acquitted three other Americans, citing diplomatic immunity. Former...   Read full story »

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