(August 2006): US Government Forbids Accused in ‘Italian Job’ Kidnap Trial from Speaking to Public Defenders

After prosecutors in Milan, Italy, charge a group of US officials with involvement in the kidnap of Islamist extremist Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr (a.k.a. Abu Omar—see Noon February 17, 2003), public defenders are appointed for them. However, the US government bars the CIA officials among the accused, who will eventually number 25, from talking to their defenders. [Congressional Quarterly, 8/28/2009]