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Italy: Court Upholds Convictions of Americans in Kidnapping Case (CIA Agents)
The New York Times ^
| December 15, 2010
| ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Posted on 12/16/2010 6:19:25 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner
An appellate court in Milan upheld on Wednesday the conviction of 23 Americans charged with kidnapping an Egyptian cleric in 2003 and ordered even harsher sentences. All but one of the Americans are Central Intelligence Agency operatives.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2003; 200302; 20030217; 2004; 201012; abuomar; betniemedero; bleedingheartattack; cia; clerics; faldo; harbison; hassan; imams; italy; jamesharbison; medero; milan; milancell; nasr; osamamustafahassan; osamanasr; rendition; renditions; spies; spooks; terrorclerics; vincentfaldo
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Nice to see whose side the Italians are on in GWOT.
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
If these really are clandestine service operatives, why haven’t we done anything to get them released (or just get them out)? Oh wait, I forgot who was in charge.
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posted on
12/16/2010 6:22:04 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Italy....Communist Riot Of the Month Club
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posted on
12/16/2010 6:22:04 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: mnehring
Actually the agents are out and back in the states. The Italians tried and convicted them in absentia, which means that they will not be able to do their jobs overseas again (without being under threat of arrest and extradition) until this ridiculous case is squashed once and for all.
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Good news, thanks (yea, I probably should have read the whole article).
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posted on
12/16/2010 6:31:25 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: mnehring
They were never imprisoned at all.
The Italians simply tried them in absentia.
It will become a more commonplace problem if something isnt done about it - which I doubt will ever happen
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posted on
12/16/2010 6:33:21 PM PST
by
bill1952
(Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: mnehring
I believe they don’t have to be released, as they haven’t even been extradited and are not incarcerated in the first place. This verdict was in absentia to best of my knowledge.
To: cydcharisse
Sorry about repeating what last 2 or 3 posters said. You posted it while I was writing my reply.
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
So What? they just scratch Italy off the travel agenda.
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posted on
12/16/2010 6:42:29 PM PST
by
Cheetahcat
( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
To: mnehring
I wouldn’t expect them to actually be in custody. The article indicates that they are not.
Just the usual posturing and attempts to be relevent by a dying nation
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posted on
12/16/2010 6:43:05 PM PST
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(Leftys who zone in on Palin miss the point. America's not about single figures. That's for NK/Cuba.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
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posted on
12/16/2010 6:44:34 PM PST
by
Publius6961
("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
To: Cheetahcat
No, Europe in general, not just Italy.
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
“No, Europe in general, not just Italy.”
Oops forgot about that euro thing.
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posted on
12/16/2010 6:49:55 PM PST
by
Cheetahcat
( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
You can bet Italian intelligence agencies not only knew about, but assisted, in this operation. This is about a corrupt left wing judiciary. The judiciary in Spain is much the same. No bad consequences for the 23. Except that, when their wives start nagging about a trip to Europe, they have lifetime excuses to stay right here in the Land of the Free.
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posted on
12/16/2010 7:18:25 PM PST
by
Godwin1
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Hey Luigi! You want those agents? Come and try to take them!
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posted on
12/16/2010 7:18:34 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Merry Christmas to all of my FReeper FRiends!)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
The correct response is for Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal against any and all persons in any way substantively involved in these convictions, or in any attempt to enforce them.
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posted on
12/16/2010 10:06:59 PM PST
by
sourcery
(If true=false, then there would be no constraints on what is possible. Hence, the world exists.)
To: sourcery
To: Virginia Ridgerunner; Nachum; Cindy; Fedora
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posted on
10/13/2015 1:15:11 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: piasa
Apparently the Italian court system is overrun with Red brigades sympathizers, etc...
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posted on
10/13/2015 1:19:55 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: piasa
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posted on
10/13/2015 10:25:54 PM PDT
by
Fedora
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