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Italy's Ex-Intelligence Chief Given 10-Year Sentence for Role in CIA Kidnapping
Submitted by Persona non grata on Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
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In sum, US officials are not subject to the rule of law but reside above it. Neither party's establishment nor their Adversarial Press Corps would ever tolerate the CIA Director being prosecuted for his crimes the way Italy's just was.
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