Italian Judge Oscar Magi reads the verdict at the Milan court, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Magi deliberated the fate of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused of kidnapping an Egyptian terror suspect in 2003, the first trial in the world involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. After a nearly three years of hearings, Judge Oscar Magi heard final rebuttals before beginning deliberations and reading the verdict. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Italian Judge Oscar Magi reads the verdict at the Milan court, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Magi deliberated the fate of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused of kidnapping an Egyptian terror suspect in 2003, the first trial in the world involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. After a nearly three years of hearings, Judge Oscar Magi heard final rebuttals before beginning deliberations and reading the verdict.

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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. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
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  5. Bob Grenier, a former CIA station chief in Pakistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Al-Qaeda threat in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  6. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani, right, attend a joint press conference at Downing Street, London, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Gilani said Pakistan was looking into the implications of the troop surge announced by U.S. President Barack Obama in a major speech Tuesday, including the suggestion that more CIA resources would be deployed to Pakistan.
  7. RNPS YEAR 2009 - Leon Panetta, the nominee for Central Intelligence Agency Director, testifies at his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 5, 2009.
  8. A full page recruiting ad from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is seen in 'The Arab American News' newspaper in Dearborn, Michigan November 25, 2009. In dire need of agents fluent in Arabic, the agency has bought full-page ads in Arabic-language newspapers and is rolling out TV ads aimed at recruiting Arab-Americans and Iranian-Americans. Picture taken November 25, 2009.
  9. A full page recruiting ad from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is seen in 'The Arab American News' newspaper in Dearborn, Michigan November 25, 2009. In dire need of agents fluent in Arabic, the agency has bought full-page ads in Arabic-language newspapers and is rolling out TV ads aimed at recruiting Arab-Americans and Iranian-Americans. Picture taken November 25, 2009.
  10. A full page recruiting ad from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is seen in 'The Arab American News' newspaper in Dearborn, Michigan November 25, 2009. In dire need of agents fluent in Arabic, the agency has bought full-page ads in Arabic-language newspapers and is rolling out TV ads aimed at recruiting Arab-Americans and Iranian-Americans. Picture taken November 25, 2009.
  11. Editor and publisher of the 'The Arab American News' newspaper Osama Siblani holds up a full page recruiting ad from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in his newspaper in Dearborn, Michigan November 25, 2009. In dire need of agents fluent in Arabic, the agency has bought full-page ads in Arabic-language newspapers and is rolling out TV ads aimed at recruiting Arab-Americans and Iranian-Americans. Picture taken November 25, 2009.
  12. This Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 picture shows a building in the Antaviliai, Lithuania, 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside Vilnius which allegedly housed a CIA prison. The two-story structure - a former riding school for the rich - is allegedly where the CIA held suspected Al-Qaida prisoners five years ago.
  13. This Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 picture shows a building in the Antaviliai, Lithuania, 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside Vilnius which allegedly housed a CIA prison. The two-story structure - a former riding school for the rich - is allegedly where the CIA held suspected Al-Qaida prisoners five years ago.
  14. This Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 picture shows a building in the Antaviliai, Lithuania, 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside Vilnius which allegedly housed a CIA prison. The two-story structure - a former riding school for the rich - is allegedly where the CIA held suspected Al-Qaida prisoners five years ago.
  15. This Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 picture shows a building in the Antaviliai, Lithuania, 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside Vilnius which allegedly housed a CIA prison. The two-story structure - a former riding school for the rich - is allegedly where the CIA held suspected Al-Qaida prisoners five years ago.
  16. The training centre of the Lithuanian State Security Department, the country's domestic intelligence agency, in Antavilis near Vilnius November 17, 2009. The centre was visited last week by Lithuanian lawmakers who are investigating allegations that the site housed a secret CIA prison for al Qaeda suspects in 2004-2005.

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