CIA Rendition Case: US Pressured Italy to Influence Judiciary
2:04pm GMT, Friday, 17 December 2010
The CIA rendition of cleric Abu Omar in 2003 turned into a headache for Washington when a Milan court indicted the agents involved. Secret dispatches now show how the US threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence the case. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was apparently happy to help.
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