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think

(11,641 posts)
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:37 PM Jul 2013

Ex-CIA Agent Detained In Panama Reportedly Returing To U.S.

Source: NPR

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July 19, 2013 1:45 PM


The Washington Post reports that a former CIA operative detained in Panama at the request of Italian authorities was back on a plane to the U.S. Friday.

Robert Seldon Lady, the former CIA station chief in Milan, Italy, was arrested in Panama on Thursday in connection with an extraordinary rendition dating from 2003.

"It's our understanding that he's on a plane en route to the United States right now," a senior Obama administration official said, according to the Post.

The newspaper said it was not immediately clear what steps the United States had taken to secure Lady's release.

Lady, along with 23 other U.S. government employees, was sentenced in absentia in Italy to nine years in prison for the abduction of Egyptian cleric Osama Mustafa Hasan Nasr as part of an extraordinary rendition program run by the administration of President George W. Bush.


Read more: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/07/19/203655138/ex-cia-agent-detained-in-panama-reportedly-returing-to-u-s

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Ex-CIA Agent Detained In Panama Reportedly Returing To U.S. (Original Post) think Jul 2013 OP
Panama weighed its relationship with the US and its relationship with Italy geek tragedy Jul 2013 #1
You mean the dog/master relationship? /nt Ash_F Jul 2013 #9
Shouldn't we be turning this guy over to Italy?? Or how does this work? nt matthews Jul 2013 #2
I think Italy should be ordering us not to let the plane land Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #3
There were 22 CIA agents convicted in Italy plus an Air Force Colonel. former9thward Jul 2013 #6
Good one! nt matthews Jul 2013 #19
So this guy gets a pass while at the same time Snowden gets hung out to dry. n/t totodeinhere Jul 2013 #4
I agree that this CIA agent shouldnt cstanleytech Jul 2013 #7
I forget--Who did Snowden torture? Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #12
No one but then I am also not in favor of cherrypicking what laws should be enforced and what laws cstanleytech Jul 2013 #14
According to the US, this guy didn't break any laws and "torture" isn't "torture". delrem Jul 2013 #15
The CIA agent broke laws and was convicted in Italy though and he should have been extradited for it cstanleytech Jul 2013 #17
The US doesn't recognize that those laws apply to itself. That's a fact. delrem Jul 2013 #18
Well that sucks. nt cstanleytech Jul 2013 #5
Our government re-affirms: Torturing the innocent is A-OK. Ash_F Jul 2013 #8
Neocons everywhere. The Stranger Jul 2013 #10
US Pressured Italy to Influence Judiciary Ash_F Jul 2013 #11
Where is 'extraordinary rendition' when you need it! (Poetic justice alert) on point Jul 2013 #13
Figures. Solly Mack Jul 2013 #16
On the Bright Side ... HumansAndResources Jul 2013 #20
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
1. Panama weighed its relationship with the US and its relationship with Italy
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:41 PM
Jul 2013

and behaved in a predictable manner.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
3. I think Italy should be ordering us not to let the plane land
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:45 PM
Jul 2013

on American soil with the criminal on board.

former9thward

(32,077 posts)
6. There were 22 CIA agents convicted in Italy plus an Air Force Colonel.
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:58 PM
Jul 2013

All are international fugitives. The U.S. has ignored the case.

cstanleytech

(26,319 posts)
7. I agree that this CIA agent shouldnt
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:58 PM
Jul 2013

have been given a pass and should have been turned over to Italy just like Snowden shouldnt be given a pass for breaking the law.

cstanleytech

(26,319 posts)
14. No one but then I am also not in favor of cherrypicking what laws should be enforced and what laws
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 05:06 PM
Jul 2013

shouldnt be unlike some it would appear.

delrem

(9,688 posts)
15. According to the US, this guy didn't break any laws and "torture" isn't "torture".
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 05:47 PM
Jul 2013

kidnapping, rendering, the whole thing up to and including torture (and now assassination) is totally OK if done by US spooks.

If any actual crime exists, it's to be a whistleblower.

cstanleytech

(26,319 posts)
17. The CIA agent broke laws and was convicted in Italy though and he should have been extradited for it
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 08:35 PM
Jul 2013

And I am not talking about the whistleblowing of the NSA regarding Snowden rather the fact that he broke the law by revealing to China that US intelligence agencies had actually managed to get into computers in China, thats the law that he broke that I am speaking of.

delrem

(9,688 posts)
18. The US doesn't recognize that those laws apply to itself. That's a fact.
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 08:41 PM
Jul 2013

The US may talk big about an "International Court" and "universal rights", but it will not subject itself to international law.
So now, what was that about an equivalence with Snowden?

Ash_F

(5,861 posts)
8. Our government re-affirms: Torturing the innocent is A-OK.
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 03:04 PM
Jul 2013

FYI this is another Bush era crime we have chosen to "look forward on"

Ash_F

(5,861 posts)
11. US Pressured Italy to Influence Judiciary
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 03:12 PM
Jul 2013

"Berlusconi's response shows his condescending attitude towards an independent judiciary. According to the cable, he told Gates that he "was working hard to resolve the situation." Then, he apparently said that the justice system was "dominated by leftists" and that he had many enemies, especially among the public prosecutors. He also made the prediction that the "courts will come down in our favor" in the appeal proceedings."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/cia-rendition-case-us-pressured-italy-to-influence-judiciary-a-735268.html

Just another one of the many crimes blown open by Bradley Manning. So the government puts him through the wringer and the torturer gets an Italian villa(which the Italians seized at least)

 

HumansAndResources

(229 posts)
20. On the Bright Side ...
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 12:03 AM
Jul 2013

... we now have more clear evidence of who our enemies are - cutting through the partisan cloud often used to conceal their machinations, as the Billionaires play (read: fund) both sides against the middle.

Their politician-puppets don't even feign a pretence of respect for "laws" which are "used" only to "punish" those who are a threat to "their" system of exploitation. Those doing their dirty-work - or should I say, "wet-work" - are "above the law," of course. This is what a Criminal Government looks like. Each event of this nature makes that Reality clearer to a increasing percentage of the population.

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