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Abu Omar Case: Italian Court Delivers Damning Verdict on CIA Renditions

Abu Omar, seen here in a 2007 file photo, claims to have been tortured while in Egyptian custody.

Abu Omar, seen here in a 2007 file photo, claims to have been tortured while in Egyptian custody. A court in Milan has delivered its verdict in the spectacular trial of several CIA agents involved in the 2003 kidnapping of the Islamist Abu Omar. Full Article at Spiegel Online

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  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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