The State Department said Wednesday it was "deeply disappointed" over the imminent extradition of a former CIA agent from Portugal to Italy for her alleged role in a counterterrorism operation authorized by the U.S. government some 14 years ago. Expand / Contract De Sousa faces prison time in Italy for her role in a CIA interrogation. - senior State Department officialA senior State Department official told Fox News Wednesday the administration was monitoring De Sousa's case but declined to elaborate further. "[The Italians] said, 'She was responsible for planning and without her OK, it never would have happened,'" De Sousa told Fox News last month. In a move that shocked De Sousa and others in the intelligence community, Portugal's high court ordered her immediate extradition.

Source: Fox News February 22, 2017 14:52 UTC