Threat of prosecution grows for CIA agents

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2/15/2007

GENEVA (AP) - Switzerland on Wednesday followed Italy and Germany in raising the threat of criminal prosecution of CIA operatives involved in anti-terrorism operations in Europe.

The Swiss Cabinet authorized the start of criminal proceedings against those responsible for the abduction in Italy of an Egyptian Muslim preacher allegedly taken on CIA flights through Swiss airspace.

Daniel Wendell, spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in the Swiss capital, Bern, said he was aware of the decision but had no specific comment.

The Swiss investigation concerns the alleged abduction of Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from a street in Milan, Italy. The CIA allegedly flew Nasr from Aviano air base in Italy across Switzerland to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and then on to Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 17, 2003 ...

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