http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/25/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Terrorism.php Italian prosector laments lack of cooperation in terror fight
The Associated Press Friday, May 25, 2007 <http://anad.tacoda.net/ads/ad13981a-map.cgi/SZ=300X250A/V=2.1S/BRC=69691/BC PG41211.65305.74726/> <http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/europe.iht.com;cat=index;sz=336x280;ord=1234 56789?> FLORENCE, Italy: A leading Italian prosecutor said Friday that countries still need to strengthen their cooperation in the international fight on terrorism, urging quicker sharing of relevant information for continuing investigations across the world. Milan-based prosecutor Armando Spataro, speaking during a three-day terrorism conference, underlined the increasing need for better cooperation among law enforcement agencies and governments. "Sometimes, the relevant bit of information does not circulate right away, whereas information belongs to everybody and has to circulate immediately and spontaneously, otherwise the cooperation is ineffective," Spataro told reporters. This failure to share information right away "sometimes happens with the authorities of other countries, also with the United States," he added, without citing specific examples. The United States' refusal to produce testimony from Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni in U.S. custody who is believed to have been the Hamburg cell's key contact with al-Qaida, contributed to the acquittal of a Sept. 11 suspect in Germany. Spataro is leading the prosecution of 26 Americans, most of them CIA agents, for the alleged abduction of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, in which terror suspects are secretly transferred to third countries where, critics say, they may face torture. The trial, the first involving the extraordinary rendition program, is to open June 8, although the government in Rome has presented legal challenges that appeared aimed at derailing the proceedings, which have become an irritant in U.S.-Italian relations. The United States has made clear none of the suspects will appear at the trial, and it is believed that some of the names appearing in court documents are aliases. Lawyers representing the Americans have had no direct contact with the defendants. Egyptian Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known as Abu Omar, was suspected of recruiting terrorists, however he had not been charged in Italy at the time of his disappearance on Feb. 17, 2003. The three-day conference, which ends on Saturday, brings together magistrates, scholars, legal and terrorism experts from around the world. It is organized by the Center on Law and Security of New York University School of Law. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
