International Law

Italian Court Convicts 23 Americans in CIA Kidnapping Case

By Debra Cassens Weiss

Nov 4, 2009, 10:52 am CST

Twenty-three Americans tried in absentia in Italy have been convicted of kidnapping an Egyptian terror suspect as part of a CIA extraordinary rendition program.

Judge Oscar Magi sentenced 22 of the Americans to five years in jail and sentenced former Milan CIA station chief Robert Seldon Lady to eight years… full story