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volokh.com - 25 days ago
Italy Convicts Twenty-three CIA Agents in Absentia
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Unfortunately, I don’t have time to say anything substantive about this now, but AP reports on the conviction of twenty-three CIA agents in absentia in Italy in a trial over an extraordinary rendition. The AP story is unusually detailed for a wire story and bears reading. I am in the middle ...
Italy, Vatican in uproar over court crucifix ruling
news.yahoo.com - 26 days ago
Italy, Vatican in uproar over court crucifix ruling
— news.yahoo.com — ROME (Reuters) The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that crucifixes should be removed from... Italian classrooms, prompting Vatican anger and sparking uproar in Italy , where such icons are embedded in the national psyche."The ruling of ... (more) Italy, Vatican in uproar over court crucifix ruling

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Now, Italy Must Gird for the Repercussions Over CIA Convictions: La Stampa of Italy
themoderatevoice.com - 22 days ago
Now, Italy Must Gird for the Repercussions Over CIA Convictions: La Stampa of Italy
— themoderatevoice.com — Judge Oscar Magi: Repercussions over his decision to convict 23 CIA agents of kidnapping on Italian soil... are already being felt. Italians today may be proud that their system of justice hasn’t spared intelligence agents of the world’s mightiest power, but the children of ... (more) Now, Italy Must Gird for the Repercussions Over CIA ...

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CIA Agents Convicted of Kidnapping; Italian Officials Walk Free: Corriere Della Sera,Italy
themoderatevoice.com - 24 days ago
CIA Agents Convicted of Kidnapping; Italian Officials Walk Free: Corriere Della Sera,Italy
— themoderatevoice.com — 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. government’s ... (more) CIA Agents Convicted of Kidnapping; Italian Officials ...

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