Marco Mancini was the second-highest ranking officer of
Sismi, the military intelligence agency of Italy Wilkinson, T. (2006).
The Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2006 until his 5 July 2006 arrest for his participation in the kidnapping of
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr (the
Imam Rapito case).Stewart, Phil and Massimiliano Di Giorgio. ,
Reuters. 5 July 2006. He was then indicted a second time on December 13, 2006, for his role in the
SISMI-Telecom scandal ,
La Repubblica, 26 January 2007 ,
La Repubblica, 12 December 2006 .
Careery synopsis
Mancini previously led the anti-terrorist division of the Italian secret service. Mancini was arrested, as well as his superior, General
Gustavo Pignero, on July 5, 2006.
The investigations directed by Milan's public prosecutor,
Armando Spataro, have demonstrated that Mancini proposed himself to the
CIA as a "
double agent." Paolo Biondani and Guido Olimpio. 11 July 2006
Corriere della Sera, "Un centro segreto Cia-Sismi" According to Colonel
Stefano D'Ambrosio'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 .
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