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Milan court convicts 3 Americans in CIA kidnapping

By Associated Press

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LAST UPDATED: 05:40 a.m. HST, Feb 01, 2013



MILAN » A Milan appeals court has convicted a former CIA station chief and two other Americans in absentia in the 2003 rendition kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric.

The court today sentenced former CIA station chief Jeff Castelli to seven years, and handed sentences of six years each to Americans Betnie Medero and Ralph Russomando.

All three had been acquitted in the first trial due to diplomatic immunity.

Italy's highest court last year upheld the convictions of 23 more Americans in absentia in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program.

The appeals process for Castelli and the other two was separated for technical reasons.






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SteveToo wrote:
If they are getting any "aide" it's time to cut back or end it. Don't need "friends" like that.
on February 1,2013 | 06:41AM
Bdpapa wrote:
Is this the normal protocol or is Italy targeting Americans?
on February 1,2013 | 07:15AM
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