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Portuguese Court Rules Ex-CIA Operative Should Serve Italian Sentence

18 January 2016

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"A Portuguese court has ruled that a former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative convicted in Italy for kidnapping under the U.S. rendition program should be turned over to Italian authorities to serve a seven-year prison sentence."

See the story: Portuguese Court Rules Ex-CIA Operative Should Serve Italian Sentence (The Wall Street Journal, link)

The background: Statewatch Analysis: State secrets in the Abu Omar case: the transatlantic relationship undermines the rule of law in cases involving human rights abuses by intelligence services by Yasha Maccanico (August 2014, pdf)

And: Portuguese court backs ex-CIA agent's extradition to Italy (The Local, link)

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