Spy Vs. Spy

Milan's anti-terrorism police chief spied on CIA agents who kidnapped Muslim cleric Abu Omar. The LA Times has the fascinating skinny.



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(HT: TPM)

He Flat-Out Sucked Less Than The Alternative

This week Italians recycled billionaire Silvio Berlusconi as Prime Minister. We'll see how long that lasts especially if Italy's ex-SISDE chief's defense lawyers are granted their request to call Silvio as a witness in the upcoming CIA extraordinary renditions trial. 25 Americans we're pretty sure are CIA agents are also being tried in absentia. Apparently some Italians have a problem with the Bush Administration completely circumventing Italy's legal system in the 2003 CIA Milan street grab of terror suspect Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr.

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HT: Laura Rozen

++Laura has more on the resumption of the CIA rendition trial at MoJo's blog here.