Italian court increases sentences for 23 CIA agents

[JBeukema]

An Italian court upped the sentences for 23 CIA agents convicted in absentia of abducting an Egyptian imam in one of the biggest cases against the US "extraordinary rendition" programme. The 23 CIA agents, originally sentenced in November 2009 to five to eight years in prison, had their sentences increased to seven to nine years on appeal in what one of the defence lawyers described as a "shocking blow" for the US.
They were also ordered to pay 1.5 million euros (two million dollars) in damages to the imam and his wife for the 2003 abduction.
Washington has refused to extradite the agents, who all remain at liberty but now risk arrest if they travel to Europe.

Italian court increases sentences for 23 CIA agents - Yahoo! Singapore News


Also: Nuremberg Defense alert

 

[Jos]

"Kidnapping is a crime, not a 'state secret'."

 

[Trajan]

when they get their hands on them I guess this will mean something....there are now 23 cia agents who won't be summering in Sorrento....

 

[JBeukema]

when they get their hands on them I guess this will mean something....there are now 23 cia agents who won't be summering in Sorrento....

I wonder what we'd find if we looked up your posts regarding Assange

 

[Trajan]

when they get their hands on them I guess this will mean something....there are now 23 cia agents who won't be summering in Sorrento....

I wonder what we'd find if we looked up your posts regarding Assange

 

[Toome]

Is it just me, or isn't there supposed to be a punchline to this joke?

 

[Sallow]

There's probably a little more to this then the "sentence". It's pretty rare that you have NATO Allies complain about spook operations let alone take them to trial. This is sorta dangerous. This is a big "We are pissed" message to the US..which it should heed in the future. Not being able to freely travel through a major portion of the world bodes bad for our intelligence operations.

 

[Intense]

This is a State Department Matter. It's a pissing contest that one day will be worked out diplomatically.

 

[JBeukema]

Is it just me, or isn't there supposed to be a punchline to this joke?

http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/145587-what-would-americans-say.html


They refuse to face it