Italy Convicts 23 Americans in C.I.A. Trials

Nov 4th, 2009 - New York Times

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MILAN — Twenty-three Americans, including a C.I.A. station chief, were convicted on Wednesday in a landmark case involving the seizure of a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan more than six years ago.

But three of the higher-ranking Americans defendants were given diplomatic immunity, as were the two highest-ranking Italian defendants. And while the C.I.A. station chief in Milan, Robert Seldon Lady, received an eight-year-term, and the other 22 Americans received five years each, all were tried in absentia.

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