Lawyer: Ex-CIA agent convicted in Italy has requested pardon from 6-year sentence
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Italian lawyer of a former CIA operative convicted in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan as part of the U.S. extraordinary renditions program has requested a pardon from Italy.
Sabrina De Sousa's Italian lawyer, Dario Bolognesi, told The Associated Press that De Sousa requested a pardon last year and he expects to meet with Interior Ministry officials this month to discuss it.
De Sousa, who was arrested last week in Portugal on a European warrant, faces a six-year sentence for her role in the 2003 kidnapping of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. She was among 26 Americans, mostly CIA agents, convicted in absentia of the kidnapping.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Italy has issued only one pardon in the case, for the lone military member among the defendants.