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Portuguese Court Rules Ex-CIA Operative Should Serve Italian Sentence

"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
"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
“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)