23 United States agents convicted, 2 others cleared in Italy
An Italian judge convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003, as Washington expressed dismay over the ruling.
The Milan station chief of the Central Intelligence Agency in Milan at the time, Robert Seldon Lady, was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday to eight years in prison and the other Americans to five years, in the landmark trial.
Two Italians were given three-year prison terms following the first trial involving the transfer of a "war on terror" suspect by CIA operatives thought to have sent scores of people to countries known to practice torture.
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The Milan station chief of the Central Intelligence Agency in Milan at the time, Robert Seldon Lady, was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday to eight years in prison and the other Americans to five years, in the landmark trial.
Two Italians were given three-year prison terms following the first trial involving the transfer of a "war on terror" suspect by CIA operatives thought to have sent scores of people to countries known to practice torture.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.sunstar.com.ph
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