[OldDeckHand]

"It’s ugly, to be sure. But if CIA decides to do this kind of thing “rogue”, ignoring Italian sovereignty, and they get caught . . . they have to expect this to happen."

I don't necessarily disagree. But, this also underscores the reasons why the US can't be signatories to the International Criminal Court, as Obama has promised to do. This is one crazy judge in a provincial Italian court. His "conviction" won't have any practical problems for these CIA officers. But, if these same men were to be tried in a ICC - as many in Europe wish to do - then that would mean real and devastating results.

[Androcles]

His "conviction" won't have any practical problems for these CIA officers.

While it pales beside the ICC potential, if you were one of them, would you risk travelling anywhere outside the US, never knowing when you might be seized for extradition?