Italy: Court Upholds Convictions of Americans in Kidnapping Case (CIA agents involved)

alp227

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Thu Dec-16-10 06:32 PM
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Italy: Court Upholds Convictions of Americans in Kidnapping Case (CIA agents involved)

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.

Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/world/europe/16briefs-Italy.html

See also: http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/16/headlines/italy_ups_sentences_of_cia_agents_in_2003_kidnapping

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Thu Dec-16-10 06:41 PM
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1. I'm not sure exactly what an "operative" is...

can someone explain to me, please?

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Thu Dec-16-10 07:36 PM
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2. Uh, Oh, I thought demoralizing the world court would have fixed all that.

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