EU-CIA: Italy upholds rendition convictions for 23 Americans - Ruling is world's first judicial review of CIA practice of abducting terror suspects and transferring them to third countries

“Italy’s highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans found guilty of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from a Milanese street and transferring him to a country where torture was permitted. The court of cassation’s ruling is the final appeal in the world’s first judicial review of the CIA practice of abducting terror suspects and transferring them to third countries, a practice also known as extraordinary rendition.” See: Full story (The Guardian)