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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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==People==
 
==People==
*[[Nicolo Pollari]] - Former head.
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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===
 
*[[Pio Pompa]] - Former press advisor
 
*[[Pio Pompa]] - Former press advisor
 
*[[Rocco Martino]]
 
*[[Rocco Martino]]
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*[[Antonio Nucera]]
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===Notable agents===
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*[[Laura Montini]]
  
 
===Consultants and contacts===
 
===Consultants and contacts===
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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.