Marco Mancini

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Marco Mancini was the second-highest-ranking officer of SISMI, the military intelligence agency of Italy [1] until his 5 July 2006 arrest for his participation in the kidnapping of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr (the Imam Rapito case).[2] He was then indicted a second time on December 13, 2006, for his role in the SISMI-Telecom scandal.[3][4] On February 12, 2013, he was sentenced to a 9-year jail term by the Milano Court of Appeals.[5]

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Mancini previously led the anti-terrorist division of the Italian secret service.[6] Mancini was arrested, as well as his superior, General  [it], on July 5, 2006.

The investigations directed by Milan's public prosecutor,  [it], have demonstrated that Mancini proposed himself to the CIA as a "double agent."[7] According to Colonel 's testimony to the Italian justice, the CIA refused because they considered him too "venal." But his demand "left traces in the computer" of the US intelligence.[7]

All SISMI testimonies concur in saying that Mancini owed his dazzling career (he was a non-commissioned officer) to his "privileged relations with the CIA."[7] According to SISMI testimony, after the 17 February 2003 kidnapping of the Hassan Mustafa Nasr, then CIA director George Tenet sent a letter to SISMI General Nicolò Pollari in August 2003, to which he would owe, according to SISMI testimony, the real reasons of his promotion.

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  1. ^ Wilkinson, T. (2006). "Italian Probe Broadens Beyond Abduction: Prosecutors in the case of a Muslim cleric seek evidence of illegal spying by intelligence officers. Some journalists also may be involved." The Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2006
  2. ^ Stewart, Phil and Massimiliano Di Giorgio. Italian spies arrested, Americans sought for kidnap[dead link], Reuters. 5 July 2006.
  3. ^ "Da Telecom dossier sui Ds" Mancini parla dei politici, La Repubblica, 26 January 2007 (in Italian)
  4. ^ Inchiesta Telecom, Mancini arrestato per i dossier e le intercettazioni illegali, La Repubblica, 12 December 2006 (in Italian)
  5. ^ "Italian ex-spy chief gets 10 years in CIA case". Reuters. February 12, 2013.
  6. ^ BBC News Italians held over 'CIA kidnap', 5 July 2006
  7. ^ a b c Paolo Biondani and Guido Olimpio. 11 July 2006 Corriere della Sera, "Un centro segreto Cia-Sismi" available here (in Italian)
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