Italian Prosecutor: Enough Evidence for CIA Convictions

[Ian David]

Italian Prosecutor: Enough Evidence for CIA Convictions

By Jeff Stein | May 21, 2009 6:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

FLORENCE, Italy -- The chief prosecutor in a trial related to the U.S. "rendition" of a suspected terrorist believes there is more than enough evidence to secure a conviction of the Americans despite a ruling that excludes key Italian documents and testimony under "state secrecy" laws.


A judge in Milan ruled Wednesday that the trial of Italian and American intelligence agents accused of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric known as Abu Omar, suspected of ties to al Qaeda, would continue, "even though critical evidence had been ruled inadmissible, severely undermining the prosecution's case," according to a local account.

In March the Italian Supreme Court excluded the prosecution's use documents seized from Italian and U.S. intelligence operatives, "narrowing the chances of a ruling in favor of the cleric," according to the account in the International Herald Tribune.

"We're continuing, but it is more of a formality," the lawyer for Nicolò Pollari, the former chief of Italian military intelligence, who is among those on trial, told the paper.

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[mmonk]

1. Well its going to be hard without the damning documentation.

We shall see.

[CommieCowboy]

2. Who cares?

Italy's government is so corrupt that Billionaire Berlusconi is going to bribe everyone involved to stay off the CIA's back.