An Italian court has increased the sentences of 23 CIA operatives convicted of kidnapping a Muslim cleric under the U.S. program of “extraordinary rendition.” The cleric, Abu Omar, was seized from the streets of Milan in 2003 and taken to U.S. bases in Italy and Germany before being sent to Egypt, where he was tortured during a four-year imprisonment. The Americans were all convicted in absentia last year after the United States refused to hand them over. On Wednesday, their sentences were upped to seven to nine years in prison from five to eight years. The operatives were also ordered to pay Abu Omar $2 million in damages.