Convicted CIA Spy Says“We Broke the Law” »
Posted By tehranchik 2 weeks, 1 day ago in News
One of the 23 Americans convicted today by an Italian court says the United States “broke the law” in the CIA kidnapping of a Muslim cleric Abu Omar in Milan in 2003.
“And we are paying for the mistakes right now, whoever authorized and approved this,” said former CIA officer Sabrina deSousa in an interview to be broadcast tonight on ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson.
DeSousa says the U.S. “abandoned and betrayed” her and the others who were put on trial for the kidnapping. She was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.
Representative Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), a member of the House Intelligence Committee told ABC News that the trial was a disaster for CIA officers like DeSousa on the frontline.
“I think these people have been put out there. They’ve been hung out to dry. They’re taking the fall potentially for a decision that was made by their superiors in our agencies. It’s the wrong place to go.”
Italian prosecutors said deSousa was a CIA officer who helped organized the kidnapping using her diplomat cover at the U.S. Consulate in Milan. Several former U.S. intelligence officials confirm to ABC News deSousa’s role in the operation.
Without confirming her CIA role, deSousa said her status as a State Department diplomat should have protected her, but that the U.S. refused to invoke diplomatic immunity.
“Everything I did was approved back in Washington,” she said. deSousa says she was on a ski trip on the actual day of the kidnapping.
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toph19732 weeks, 1 day ago
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Of course they did. Bush used illegal tactics all the time. However, the Italians need to go after the Bug fish here. Shows that you cannot perform illegal kidnappings in foreign Countries. They do need to go after the morons in the government that authorized this. I'm sure Cheney and Bush had to authorize this. I say go after them and put them in Jail, where they belong.
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