U.S. Allowed Italian Kidnap Prosecution To Shield Higher-Ups, Ex-CIA Officer Says -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — A former CIA officer has broken the U.S. silence around the 2003 abduction of a radical Islamist cleric in Italy, charging that the agency inflated the threat the preacher posed and that the United States then allowed Italy to prosecute her and other Americans to shield President George W. Bush and other U.S. officials from responsibility for approving the operation.
Confirming for the first time that she worked undercover for the CIA in Milan when the operation took place, Sabrina De Sousa provided new details about the “extraordinary rendition” that led to the only criminal prosecution stemming from the secret Bush administration rendition and detention program launched after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Update #1: Ex-CIA whistleblower claims US shielded higher-ups -- Digital Journal
Update #2: Former CIA Officer & Whistleblower Sabrina De Sousa & the ‘Proper Channels’ Myth -- Fire Dog Lake
My Comment: It appears that this is a major intelligence failure .... and Sabrina De Sousa is clearly frustrated that this case is going nowhere. What's my take .... I sympathize with her because she did her duty but she must now be careful for the rest of her life if she should travel abroad.
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