Court focus on CIA jobs

10 January 2007 - 02:00
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MILAN - A local court yesterday opened a hearing into whether to indict 26 American and five Italian alleged secret service officials on a charge of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003.

MILAN - A local court yesterday opened a hearing into whether to indict 26 American and five Italian alleged secret service officials on a charge of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003.

The case highlights a CIA programme in which terrorism suspects are transferred to a third country where some are allegedly tortured. - Sapa-AP