On 01 February 2013, the Italian appeals Court ruled that three CIA employees are guilty of war crimes! That brings the total to 26 U.S. citizens found guilty in Italian courts since 2009!
Italian prosecutors said all but one works for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. They were tried in absentia, and found guilty of kidnapping an Egyptian in 2003 on the orders of U.S. President George W. Bush “Jr”.
U.S. officials claimed he was a terrorists, but after several years of being transferred to different prisons in Germany, Italy, then Egypt, and being tortured, he was let go in 2007. An Egyptian court ruled there wasn’t any evidence to prove he was a terrorist.
The Italian court ruling means that if any of the U.S. citizens found guilty set foot in Europe they can be imprisoned. Italian prosecutors say they will also consider extradition orders against the United States!
According to some reports, the Obama Administration refused to provide legal help for the CIA agents.