The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contacted Italian intelligence about the possibility of performing extraordinary renditions in the days following the September 11 attacks, according to testimony during Italian judicial proceedings against US and...
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Switzerland probing unlawful US use of Swiss airspace for renditions
Switzerland is launching a criminal probe into the alleged unlawful use of Swiss airspace by US agents in anti-terrorist operations after authorization Wednesday by the Swiss Federal Council , which said in a statement that there was evidence...
Egypt cleric at center of Italy CIA kidnapping case freed from prison
Egyptian officials on Sunday released from detention Muslim cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr , the man at the heart of Italian judicial proceedings against US and Italian intelligence agents implicated in his alleged 2003 kidnapping [JURIST news archive;...
Intelligence agents accused in Italy rendition case seek political resolution
Faced with possible indictment by an Italian judge, US and Italian intelligence agents implicated in the 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition from Milan of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr Tuesday...
An Italian court has set a hearing for January 9 to determine whether to issue indictments for over 30 US and Italian intelligence agents in the alleged kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa...
Italian prosecutors on Tuesday asked a judge to issue indictments for 26 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents and five officials from the Italian Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI) , including former SISMI chief Nicola...
Italian prosecutors Saturday announced the end of their investigation into the alleged CIA kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr in 2003. The cleric, also known as Abu Omar, was seized on the...
Italy agent says CIA planned more than 10 renditions of Muslims
A senior Italian intelligence official has told prosecutors that the US Central Intelligence Agency had planned to kidnap more than 10 Muslims suspected of terrorism from Italy and elsewhere and deliver them to Middle Eastern countries for...
Italy refused a CIA request to participate in the alleged extraordinary rendition of an Egyptian cleric suspected of terrorism, a lawyer for an Italian spy agency official told Reuters in...
Nicolo Pollari, chief of the Italian Intelligence and Security Services , told a closed door meeting of the Italian Senate defense committee that Italian intelligence was not involved in the alleged CIA extraordinary rendition of...