Nicolo Pollari resigned over the affair in which Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, an Egyptian imam also known as Abu Omar, was snatched from a Milan street.

BBC: Italy upholds verdict on CIA agents in rendition case

Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, an Egyptian cleric better known as Abu Omar, was living in Milan when he was snatched off the street in daylight and flown to two US bases in Europe before being transferred to Egypt.

BBC: Italy's ex-spy chief convicted over 2003 CIA rendition

The proceedings center on the alleged kidnapping of Osama Nasr Mostafa Hassan, an Egyptian-born Muslim cleric also known as Abu Omar, in February 2003.

CNN: Berlusconi may be called in CIA 'kidnap' trial