Berto Jongman: Italy’s Former Spy Chief Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for CIA Rendition in 2003

Italy’s ex-spy chief convicted over 2003 CIA rendition Italy’s former intelligence chief Nicolo Pollari has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the rendition of a terror suspect. The court in Milan also sentenced his former deputy Marco Mancini to nine years in jail over the 2003 kidnapping. Italy’s courts have …

Steven Aftergood: Keeping Secrets from Congress — and Report on CIA’s Global (54 Country) Rendition and Torture Program

Keeping Secrets from Congress When government information is classified or otherwise withheld from release, the possibility of government accountability to the public is undermined.  But when the executive branch withholds crucial information from Congress, that may pose an even more fundamental challenge to democratic governance. Read full article. A Report on CIA Detention and Rendition …

Rickard Falkvinge: Sweidsh Government Loses Its Integrity, Turns Over Two Swedish Citizens of Somali Origin for Rendition to USA, Without Informing Their Lawyers, Without Due Process

Two Swedes Renditioned To The US, Possibly To Death Penalty, In Secrecy And Without Lawyers’ Knowledge Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:34 AM PST Process of Law – Henrik Alexandersson:  Mid-November, two Swedish citizens with Somali origins were renditioned from Djibouti to a prison in the United States of America. According to the US, they are …

Eagle: European Court Convicts CIA of Rendition, Torture & Sodomy — Many More Cases Starting to Come Together Against CIA

Khaled El-Masri, German Allegedly Kidnapped By CIA In Afghanistan, Wins Case Angela Charlton Huffington Post, 13 December 2012 PARIS — A European court issued a landmark ruling Thursday that condemned the CIA’s “extraordinary renditions” programs and bolstered those who say they were illegally kidnapped and tortured as part of an overzealous war on terrorism. The …

Mini-Me: Italian Court Confirms Convictions of CIA Personnel for Rendition & Torture – Way Now Clear for Formal Extradition Request

Huh? Italy court upholds American convictions in CIA case ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program, paving the way to possible extradition requests by Italian authorities. The …

Marcus Aurelius: Polish Lid Comes Off Global Rendition-Torture Pot

       March 27, 2012 Polish Ex-Official Charged With Aiding C.I.A. By JOANNA BERENDT and NICHOLAS KULISH WARSAW — The former head of Poland’s intelligence service has been charged with aiding the Central Intelligence Agency in setting up a secret prison to detain suspected members of Al Qaeda, a leading newspaper here reported on Tuesday, the …

Reference: Council of Europe on Abuse of State Secrecy — the Beginning of Global Push-Back on CIA Rendition, Torture, and Assassination–JSOG Next

Council of Europe Draft Resolution on Abuse of State Secrecy and National Security Tip of the Hat to Public Intelligence.Net at Twitter.  In our view this represents the beginning of global push-back against crimes against humanity by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) acting “in our name” and at our expense.  Similar push-back against the Joint …