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Italian military intelligence agency.<ref>[http://www.serviziinformazionesicurezza.gov.it/pdcweb.nsf/pagine/ee_sismi SISMI], accessed 22 April 2008.</ref>
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The [[Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare]]] (SISMI) was a former Italian military intelligence agency.<ref>[http://www.serviziinformazionesicurezza.gov.it/pdcweb.nsf/pagine/ee_sismi SISMI], accessed 22 April 2008.</ref>
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'''SISMI''' was replaced by the [[Agenzia informazioni e sicurezza esterna|AISE]] under legislation passed in 2007.<ref>[http://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/web.nsf/pagine/en_cenni_storici Brief historical outline], sicurezzanazionale.gov.it, accessed 16 June 2013.</ref>
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==Niger uranium forgeries==
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Operatives close to SISMI were involved in handling the Yellowcake forgeries that helped make the case for the US invasion of Iraq.<ref>[http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2006/07/yellowcake200607?currentPage=1 The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed], by Craig Unger, Vanity Fair, July 2006.</ref>
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==People==
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===Directors===
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*General [[Giuseppe Santovito]] 1978-1981
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*General [[Nino Lugaresi]] 1981-1984
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*Admiral [[Fulvio Martini]] 1984-1991
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*General [[Sergio Luccarini]] 1991
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*General [[Luigi Ramponi]] 1991-1992
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*General [[Cesare Pucci]] 1992-1993<ref>Daniele Ganser, NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe, Frank Cass, 2005, p.272.</ref>
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*[[Sergio Siracusa]]
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*[[Gianfranco Battelli]]<ref>Leo Sisti, [http://www.publicintegrity.org/2007/05/24/5751/anatomy-rendition Anatomy of a rendition], Center for Public Integrity, 24 May 2007.</ref>
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*[[Nicolo Pollari]] 2001-2006
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*[[Bruno Branciforte]] 2006-2007.<ref>Peter Kiefer, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/20/world/europe/20iht-italy.html?_r=0 Top spy in Italy loses his job], ''New York Times'', 20 November 2006.</ref>
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===Notable Officers===
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*[[Pio Pompa]] - Former press advisor
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*[[Rocco Martino]]
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*[[Antonio Nucera]]
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===Notable agents===
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*[[Laura Montini]]
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===Consultants and contacts===
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*[[Luciano Monti]]
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*[[Edward Luttwak]]
  
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 16 June 2013

The Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare] (SISMI) was a former Italian military intelligence agency.[1]

SISMI was replaced by the AISE under legislation passed in 2007.[2]

Niger uranium forgeries

Operatives close to SISMI were involved in handling the Yellowcake forgeries that helped make the case for the US invasion of Iraq.[3]

People

Directors

Notable Officers

Notable agents

Consultants and contacts

References

  1. ↑ SISMI, accessed 22 April 2008.
  2. ↑ Brief historical outline, sicurezzanazionale.gov.it, accessed 16 June 2013.
  3. ↑ The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed, by Craig Unger, Vanity Fair, July 2006.
  4. ↑ Daniele Ganser, NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe, Frank Cass, 2005, p.272.
  5. ↑ Leo Sisti, Anatomy of a rendition, Center for Public Integrity, 24 May 2007.
  6. ↑ Peter Kiefer, Top spy in Italy loses his job, New York Times, 20 November 2006.
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