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Italians Discuss Purported CIA Case

It wasn’t their lavish spending in luxury hotels, their use of credit cards or even frequent-flier miles that drew attention. Instead it was a trail of casual cell phone use that tripped up the 19 purported CIA operatives wanted by Italian authorities in the alleged kidnapping of a radical Muslim cleric. Italian prosecutors who have obtained arrest warrants for the 19 — none still believed to be in Italy — presented evidence that the suspects used at least 40 Italian cell phones, some in their own names. Full Story