I agree that they should have all the fine wine they want. That's a very dangerous job that I imagine requires a lot of personal sacrifice. Shouldn't there be some perks to putting your life on the line when us normal people never hear of the heroics?

Gee. I hope they shared the drinks and food with their captive.

Who Cares?

When people travel on business, government or private,they tend to choose the more expensive accommodation allowed. What's the real motive behind this kind of reporting anyways? Where do jounalists stay when they are on assigments?

"severe interrogation sessions"

Now that is a term isn't it?
What have we become?
Better yet - what has the world become through the resurgence of fairy tales otherwise known as organized religion.

I can stomach this alot easier than the crooked politicians. Let them enjoy a few perks considering the risks they are taking. The only risk politicians seem to be willing to take is seeing if they will get caught or not.....

So what ? I cannot believe that this is the first that we are hearing of this. Where are they supposed to stay, in dives ? What is wrong with them having wine and dinners and a few ammineties that are paying them back for the time they are away from their families. The CIA does an important job. Let them have a few good bottles of wine.

Let them have what they want; they are at risk; while those fat ass congressmen cash their fat paychecks and wait for their pensions to kick in; and chase little boys around their offices.
And also the fools who steal money and set up contracts to benefit theirselves; while our american soldiers fight and die for nothing.

Vietnam Vet

They're pilots, not covert agents in the field. They land someplace, a prisoner or 10 are escorted on, they fly, land, go to a hotel.

Meanwhile, C-130, Black Hawk, and other such pilots in the "real world" are sleeping in tents, cleaning dust from everywhere, and seeing action.

Let's get some priorities here!

Who cares, as long as they got who they needed to they can do whatever they want. Of course we're going to lie to the Italians...it's called espionage for a reason.

Ohmigod! To think some poor wealthy individual was deprived of an economy class room at a 5 star resort; because some life-risking patriotic American pilot was trying to unwind after a stressful mission to protect Americans and other free-world citizens. Don't they know these types of accomodations are reserved for the wealthy who spend their lives trying to protect their own self-worth. The horror...the horror!

Where has our nation's integrity gone? First the CIA kidnappings are illegal. Secondly there are regulations that the CIA agents are not to use first class accommodations & consume expensive drink & food. They have now been found out, so let's hold them accountable. Using the "everybody does it" excuse is too weak. This information is now public and should be further investigated. Then appropriate action.

I wonder how many of these posts are posted by CIA people....

OUR GOVERNMENT HAS HAD TOO MUCH MONEY TO SPEND FREELY i make 12.00 per hour with no health insurance, shamely, but if i were working for cia im sure id be paid way more. our government, athletes and stars need to be more considerate of others who dont have muchi always hear about all these donations-why do we still have people living on the streets in this great country. cant we clean up our own home first then help others?

this is why people of other countries hate the united states.imagine if another counrty did this to them, the united states would invade them.

LETS HAVE AN AMISH PRESIDENT TO FORGIVE, THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD FIGHT TO PROTECT US.

What esle is new..don't forget toilets in the planes cost $600. Ya, I do not expect them to do a Motel 6, but there are certainly other places to stay beside 5 star!! But how honest would you be if you were in there place

Just another Republican problem of no oversite and close the eyes to corruption. If you think this is ok for them to dine on taxpayer money then you should pay for it out of your own check not mine. They hide them overseas to skirt the laws here in this country. How about they send you overseas and interogate you when you get a traffic ticket.

==Let them have what they want; they are at risk; ... our american soldiers fight and die for nothing.==

These people were not soldiers and they were really bad spies. They shacked up in pairs for some R&R in a fancy hotel, ran up a huge bill, left lots of evidence behind, did not follow any basic clandestine protocol. They also busted up (out of ignorance) a long-term Italian anti-terrorism investigation of this guy. Their only risk was to get some bad shrimp.

Why do people continue to defend government malfeasance, even in demonstratively agregious cases like this one?

The excesses of this administration never fail to amaze me. The legality of renditions aside... CIA personnel should have decent accomodations. But luxury is another matter. They should be fiscally responsible. Aren't we supposed to be in a war? That extra money could be buying equipment for our brave soldiers. If we're going to splurge on bottles of wine, they should go to our brave men and women on the front lines. I'd rather see them get treated than some CIA pilot who is in no more danger than any other pilot in the sky... unless you consider the fact he's stocked his plane with wine and is probably flying drunk.