Headline: Convicted CIA Spy Says "We Broke the Law" Source ABC News 4 Nov 2009 at http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/exclusive-convicted-cia-spy-broke-law/story?id =8995107
Excerpts: Former CIA intelligence officer Sabrina DeSousa says the US "abandoned and betrayed" her and the others who were put on trial for the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric Abu Omar in Milan in 2003. An Italian judge sentenced her in absentia to five years in prison. "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. 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. A State Department spokesman said the Obama administration was "disappointed" by the verdict. DeSousa who resigned from and brought a lawsuit against the U.S. government fears the damage to U.S.-Italian relations from the verdict will continue. "It's getting more embarrassing every day," DeSousa said. Photo and full text, 775 words, at http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/exclusive-convicted-cia-spy-broke-law/story?id =8995107 For a video recording of the interview check http://abcnews.go.com/ tomorrow For a Goan Voice profile of Sabrina de Sousa, go to http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2009/May/issue3/
