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Extradition Under Way For Ex-CIA Officer, Despite Appeals to Trump Administration For Help

By Cristina Corbin, FoxNews:

A former CIA agent says Portuguese police detained her Monday as they prepare to extradite her to an Italian prison for a counter-terrorism operation conducted 14 years ago as part of the agency’s “extraordinary rendition” program.

CIA officer Sabrina De Sousa was skiing with her son in northern Italy on a chilly February day in 2003 when U.S. and Italian agents snatched a suspected terrorist off the streets of Milan. 

Now, years later, De Sousa is sitting in a detention cell awaiting extradition from Portugal to Italy and a possible six years in jail for the abduction. She was convicted in absentia in 2009 by Italian courts for a decision made at the highest levels of U.S. government.

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