A CIA Kidnapping in Milan, Italy

[Rakhmetov]

http://www.counterpunch.com/swanson11082010.html (http://www.counterpunch.com/swanson11082010.html)


A man was walking near his home in Milano, Italy, and was stopped and questioned by a policeman. When they had been engaged in conversation for some minutes, the side door of a van parked behind the man crashed open with a thunderous sound, two extremely large and strong men grabbed the civilian and hauled him inside, and the door slammed shut three seconds after it had opened, as the van accelerated and the two men hit and kicked their victim repeatedly in the dark of the van’s interior, pounding his head, chest, stomach, and legs. They stopped. They stuffed a gag in his mouth and put a hood over his head, as they cinched cords tight around his wrists and ankles. Hours later they threw him into another vehicle. An hour later they took him out, stood him up, cut his clothes off, shoved something hard up his anus, stuck a diaper and pajamas on him, wrapped his head almost entirely with duct tape, and tossed him in an airplane.

http://www.counterpunch.com/swanson11082010.html (http://www.counterpunch.com/swanson11082010.html)

[Lacrimi de Chiciură]

Wow, I had never even heard about this case before this! It is disgusting how the media won't even talk about this stuff. The CIA is responsible for so many crimes, you have to wonder about the thousands of cases that go unreported. The only part I would have to disagree with is this:
I know it seems like more of a noble sacrifice to cut spending on things people less fortunate than ourselves need, but can somebody explain to me why it wouldn’t be at least that noble to eliminate the budget of the CIA, which serves no one?

The CIA does of course serve someone: the US ruling class. They just fuck up sometimes, but no biggie; the corporate media, Republicans and Democrats are happy to cover it up.