case in point #2.
Sabrina de Sousa was a ex-CIA employee who was sentenced to 4 years in prison by Italy in a trial "in absentia" over the kidnapping of a suspected terrorist in 2003.
She was arrested in Portugal in October 2015 at the request of Italy which wanted her extradited to serve her sentence.
Normally, U.S. authorities protect ex-CIA personnel who are caught in these legal issues arising from CIA operations, but in this case the Obama administration either did nothing or was spectacularly incompetent. Either way, mrs. de Sousa lost all her appeals in Portugal and was due to be extradited to Italy.
enter Trump.
Inside of a month after becoming President, he negotiates a deal which allows mrs. de Sousa to avoid italian jail:
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Sabrina de Sousa, a dual U.S.-Portuguese citizen, was waiting at Lisbon airport to be flown to Italy early on Wednesday when word came she was to be released, after Italy's president granted her a partial pardon.
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De Sousa said the Trump administration did “an excellent job” of negotiating her partial pardon with Italy. But she noted that she still spent 10 days in a Portuguese prison, the only current or former CIA officer to be jailed in connection with the agency’s now defunct rendition and interrogation program.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-it...-idUSKBN1683ZC
yup, I like a President that can actually get things done.
