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Italian Judge Convicts 23 Americans in Rendition Case

In Milan today, an Italian court convicted 22 CIA agents and a US Air Force Colonel of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in 2003 and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured. It's a case of what's called "extraordinary rendition." Sebastian Rotella has covered the lengthy trial in Italy; he's now in Washington for the Los Angeles Times .