Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Ex-CIA Agent Loses Court Case In Portugal, Will Be Extradited To Italy Over US Rendition Case



Daily Mail: Ex-CIA agent who helped kidnap a terror suspect on foreign soil will be extradited to Italy for her part in America's secretive 'extraordinary renditions' program

* Sabrina de Sousa was implicated in the 2003 kidnapping of an Italian imam
* He was allegedly raped and tortured before being acquitted and released
* She was arrested in Portugal and now faces four years in an Italian prison
* De Sousa denies any involvement in the affair, which scandalized Italy
* She's appealing to the Italian President and the Pope for clemency
* It isn't known when she will be deported

A former CIA agent is to be extradited from Portugal to Italy to serve a prison sentence for her part in the U.S. extraordinary renditions program after the Portuguese Constitutional Court rejected her final appeal.

Sabrina de Sousa said Wednesday she is waiting to be told when she will be taken to Italy, where she was convicted in absentia and has a four-year sentence to serve.

Since her October arrest in Lisbon, Portugal, on a European arrest warrant, De Sousa has lost her fight at a lower Lisbon court and her appeal of that decision to the Portuguese Supreme Court.

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Ex-CIA officer faces extradition to Italy after final appeal rejected -- The Guardian
Ex-CIA officer loses extradition fight to Italy over kidnap operation -- USA Today

1 comment:

Young Communist said...

I remember that case, so someone take things seriously.

But i am not surprised if our servant government release fast the CIA agent to U.S.