NYT: Italy seeks indictment of former intel chief, 25 CIA operatives in Abu Omar abduction. Here's some background on the case. From August 2005: "Heightened terrorism fears in Rome have pushed the Omar rendition case out of the Italian headlines for now, but it remains a sleeper issue for the upcoming elections. Did the Italian government tacitly cooperate with a U.S. policy that in effect condones torture? And depending on what the Italian electorate comes to believe, U.S. policy-makers may face their own dilemma: At what point do allies become more important than the intelligence information gleaned from the practice of extraordinary rendition?"

Posted by Laura at December 6, 2006 09:38 AM