"We consider the verdict illegal and unjustified," Mr. Khodorkovksy's lawyer, Genrikh Pavda, said in a telephone interview, adding that the appeal was based on procedural and substantive grounds.
Dr. Ghassan Dhaif, who was sentenced to one year on charges including taking hostages and participating in illegal gatherings, said the verdicts were "a joke".
Mr. Walsh wrote that the verdict refuted the view that the illegal operation had been confined to the White House and showed that it in fact extended to various agencies, like the Defense and State Departments, as well as the C.I.A.
Jurors acquitted Edwards on one charge of accepting illegal campaign contributions, but couldn't reach a verdict on the five remaining counts including conspiracy and making false statements.
The judge said the verdict on other charges, relating to illegal possession of drugs and weapons, would be pronounced on June 30, according to a Reuters reporter who was in the courtroom.
Included in the guilty verdict were charges of loan-sharking, arson, illegal gambling, money laundering, sports betting and extortion.
True, under Italy's tortuous judicial system, in only one case against him has a final verdict been handed down: this case involved illegal political donations and the court did not find him innocent.
The colonel's lawyer, Aleksei G. Dulimov, sharply criticized today's verdict in televised remarks outside the courthouse, calling it "illegal and unjust".
Mr. Morrison had also been convicted of illegal possession of a firearm; the judge's ruling does not affect that verdict.
