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Italty court rules Berlusconi can be called to testify in CIA rendition case
May 14, 2008
[JURIST] Italian Judge Oscar Magi ruled on Wednesday that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] can be called to testify in the trial of of 26 Americans [JURIST news archive] and several former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition.... [more] 
Federal judge orders handover of CIA 'torture' memo
May 8, 2008
[JURIST] A US federal judge Thursday directed the CIA [order, PDF] to produce a 2002 US Department of Justice memo that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims authorized the CIA to use specific torture techniques - including waterboarding [JURIST news archive] - on US detainees held.... [more]
Senate panel approves measure banning CIA use of contractors for interrogations
May 2, 2008
[JURIST] The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [official website] voted Thursday to approve a ban prohibiting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] from allowing private contractors to interrogate detainees. The ban is part of a bill authorizing intelligence.... [more]
Senate committee backs measure to block CIA use of waterboarding
April 30, 2008
[JURIST] The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [official website] voted Tuesday to restrict Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] interrogators to techniques explicitly authorized by the military, approving a measure that would effectively prevent the CIA from using.... [more]
CIA says destroyed interrogation videos not relevant to Guantanamo Bay detainee case
April 17, 2008
[JURIST] Two videotapes showing CIA officers interrogating al Qaeda suspects are likely not related to a federal case filed by a Guantanamo Bay detainee and thus not covered by a court order entered in that case directing the CIA to preserve evidence relating to the case, the CIA argued in court.... [more]
Berlusconi testimony sought in defense of Italy ex-spy chief in CIA rendition case
April 16, 2008
[JURIST] Lawyers for former Italian Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI) [official website] chief Nicolo Pollari said Wednesday that they have included Italian Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi [BBC profile] as a requested witness to testify in support of Pollari's assertion that he was.... [more]
El-Masri asks OAS rights court to condemn CIA rendiiton
April 10, 2008
[JURIST] Khaled El-Masri [JURIST news archive], the German citizen allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in 2003, petitioned [PDF complaint; press release] the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) [official website] Wednesday alleging he was tortured by the CIA. The American Civil Liberties.... [more]
HRW: CIA transferred terror suspects to Jordan as part of rendition program
April 9, 2008
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] accused the CIA Tuesday of transferring terror suspects to Jordan [report; press release] following September 11, saying that the US sent them there for interrogations as part of the CIA's rendition program [JURIST news archive]. HRW reported that at.... [more]
Libby disbarred by DC appeals court after CIA leak perjury conviction
March 20, 2008
[JURIST] The District of Columbia Court of Appeals [official website] Thursday issued a disbarment order [PDF text] for former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby [JURIST news archive], banning him from practicing law in the District of Columbia. The DC Bar's Board on Professional.... [more]
Italy judge orders CIA rendition trial to resume
March 19, 2008
[JURIST] Italian Judge Oscar Magi on Wednesday ordered the continuation of the trial of 26 Americans [JURIST news archive] and several former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition [JURIST news archive] of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [JURIST news.... [more]
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