So that was his NON-OFFICIAL COVER, huh?
I will NEVER LOOK at a U.S. BUSINESSMAN, AID WORKER, or DIPLOMAT the same ever again.
Would YOU want CIA CRAWLING ALL OVER YOUR COUNTRY?
"Immunity sought for ex-CIA operatives; Rendition case underway in Italy" by Colleen Barry, Associated Press | October 15, 2009
MILAN - Lawyers for two high-ranking former CIA operatives in Italy charged in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric argued yesterday that their clients should be granted diplomatic immunity.
They also said evidence against the two, who were allegedly acting as part of the agency’s extraordinary renditions program, was insufficient for a conviction. Jeffrey Castelli, identified as the former head of the CIA in Rome, is the highest-level American defendant among the 26 charged in what prosecutors argue was a CIA-led extraordinary rendition of a terrorism suspect....
The CIA has declined to comment on the case, and Italy’s government has denied involvement.
Governments lie.
Lawyers have entered innocent pleas for the Americans, who are considered fugitives and risk arrest in Italy. Seven Italians also are charged. Matilde Sansalone argued that Castelli enjoys immunity because he was an accredited diplomat at the US Embassy in Rome at the time....
And HE LIVED the HIGH LIFE, too!
Sansalone also said during her closing arguments that much of the testimony presented against Castelli was no longer admissible, due to a ruling by Italy’s Constitutional Court striking any evidence referring to the workings of the Italian or American secret services....
Also see: The CIA is Above the Law
Another lawyer, Arianna Barbazza, argued that Robert Seldon Lady, the Milan station chief at the time, too should be granted immunity, and said that evidence linking him to the cleric’s disappearance is insufficient....
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