Italian Judge Convicts Americans In Rendition Case

by Sylvia Poggioli, NPR

An Italian judge convicted 23 Americans in absentia of the kidnapping in 2003 of an Egyptian cleric from Milan. The cleric said he was transferred to an Egyptian jail where he was tortured. The convictions mark the first time "extraordinary rendition" was successfully contested.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 4, 2009