The plot thickens
I don't know who's telling the truth about the CIA's apparent "extraordinary rendition" of Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr from Italy to Egypt, where he evidently was tortured. According to four veterans of the service, the CIA -- which has officially refused to comment -- had gotten the permission of the Italian government.
Now the Italian government denies any prior knowledge of the rendition. The leader of Italy's Communist Refoundation Party bites the bullet and defends the CIA version, making the eminently plausible argument that ""Obviously, they cannot admit this because it violates the Constitution, Italian laws and international treaties."
Which raises the question: what happens if the people of one of America's most important allies actually demand that the government follows international and domestic law? It's kind of a radical notion, and terrifying to contemplate.
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