Sabrina De Sousa

Sabrina De Sousa (born c. 1956, India, naturalized USA citizen, 1985) is a former undercover CIA field officer who used diplomatic cover. She was convicted of kidnapping by an Italian Court for her alleged role in the extraordinary rendition of terror suspects. She made international news in 2009 for suing the State Department in order to secure diplomatic immunity for her role in "Imam rapito affair", in an Italian court case. In a July 27, 2013 interview, with the McClatchy News Service, she confirmed that she worked undercover for the CIA when the operation took place. However, she maintains she played no role in the extraordinary rendition, was unaware of the plans, and was on a ski trip when it took place.

Sabrina is of Goan descent and grew up in Bombay (now Mumbai). She also holds Portuguese citizenship.

De Sousa's role in the Imam Rapito affair

The underlying case is called the "Imam Rapito affair", which involves "kidnapping charges in Italy for the seizure of a suspected terrorist."Abu Omar, a Muslim cleric, was abducted on February 17, 2003, in Milan by the CIA. and transported to the Aviano Air Base, from which he was transferred to Egypt, where he was interrogated (and allegedly tortured). (Abu Omar is also known as Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr and Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr.) The CIA operation interrupted surveillance by Italian authorities into Nasr's participation in certain Islamic organizations. The Italian government originally denied having played any role in the abduction, but Italian prosecutors Armando Spataro and Ferdinand Enrico Pomarici indicted two dozen American and Italian government employees and agents.