Six C.I.A. Officers Wanted in Connection with the Abduction of Abu Omar from Milan, Italy (installation view)

Trevor Paglen
2007
Six inkjet prints
Courtesy the artist and Bellwether Gallery, New York

In 2003, a Muslim cleric known as Abu Omar was abducted by C.I.A. agents in Italy and transported to Egypt for interrogation. Shown here are reproductions of the passports used by six of the agents during this operation, obtained indirectly from the hotels where they stayed.