Your Nov. 5 editorial "The War Against the War on Terrorism" on public prosecutor Armando Spataro, and the conviction of 23 CIA agents, fails to mention that Italy has signed the International Convention against Torture. Full Article at Wall Street Journal
The United States of America owes much of the hope it has right now of remaining what John Adams called "a nation of laws, not men" to Italian law enforcement. Full Article at Democrats.com |
Judge Oscar Magi: Repercussions over his decision to convict 23 CIA agents of kidnapping on Italian soil are already being felt. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro has done something no one else has: He has obtained the first convictions involving the CIA practice of ‘rendition.’ For those interested in reading the Italian coverage of yesterday’s first ever convictions for the U.S. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scott Horton ( ) is an attorney specializing in international law and human rights. He is also a legal affairs contributor to Harper’s Magazine, where he writes the blog No Comment. Full Article at Kansas City Infozine
One of the 23 Americans convicted today by an Italian court says the United States "broke the law" in the CIA kidnapping of a Muslim cleric Abu Omar in Milan in 2003. Full Article at Michael Moore - This Just In
MILAN, Nov. 4, 2009 - An Italian court's conviction of 23 agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for kidnapping is an historic repudiation of the CIA's crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. Full Article at YubaNet
Here’s a question for you. Is extraordinary rendition a US phenomenon, a European practice or even something supported and facilitated right here in Britain? Full Article at The Telegraph
A couple of posts ago, my colleague Steve B was talking about what it must be like to be walking down a street in Madrid when you get stopped by what turns out to be a violent gang of police officers …. Full Article at Amnesty International
Reporting from Washington and Rome - An Italian judge on Wednesday convicted 23 Americans of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric off the streets of Milan in 2003, a sweeping verdict against one of the CIA's most valued anti-terrorism tools -- the practice... Full Article at Los Angeles Times