Italian judge orders CIA team arrested over kidnap

[LynnTheDem]

MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 people linked to the CIA for "kidnapping" an Egyptian terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt where he said he was tortured, judicial sources said on Friday.

"In the judge's order, it (the abduction) is clearly attributed to the CIA," a source said.

The judicial source cited the warrant, which has still not been made public, as saying a CIA agent known to Italian authorities coordinated the operation.

The source added there was no indication Italy had authorized the "illegal kidnapping."

A CIA spokesperson in Washington said: "We're not even not commenting. We're saying: if we have anything to say, we'll get back to you."

The U.S. embassy in Rome declined comment.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8889680

[SteppingRazor]

1. I love CIA-speak

"We're not even not commenting."

That is so awesome.

[indepat]

2. This Italian judge must not have gotten the word the CIA operates

world wide and must never be impeded or obstructed by anything as picayunish as a ticky little sovereignty issue.

[suffragette]

3. more exposure about the practice of extraordinary rendition

First Sweden and now Italy are speaking out and moving against this horrible practice. The Maher Arar inquiry in Canada is also going on now.
Ordering the arrest of the CIA agents involved and bringing this to trial will expose more info about how we having been taking people and turning them over to countries to be tortured.