SISMI
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intelligence agency
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| Abbreviation | SISMI |
| Predecessor | Servizio Informazioni Difesa |
| Successor | Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna |
| Formation | 24 October 1977 |
| Extinction | 3 August 2007 |
| Leaders | SISMI/Director, Italy/Minister of Defence |
| Italian foreign intelligence agency | |
Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare (SISMI) was an Italian military intelligence agency that operated between 1977 and 2007.[1]
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.[2]
People
Directors
- Full article: SISMI/Director
- Full article: SISMI/Director
- General Giuseppe Santovito 1978-1981
- General Nino Lugaresi 1981-1984
- Admiral Fulvio Martini 1984-1991
- General Sergio Luccarini 1991
- General Luigi Ramponi 1991-1992
- General Cesare Pucci 1992-1993[3]
- Nicolo Pollari 2001-
Notable Officers
- Pio Pompa - Former press advisor
- Rocco Martino
- Antonio Nucera
Notable agents
Consultants and contacts
References
- ↑ SISMI, accessed 22 April 2008.
- ↑ The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed, by Craig Unger, Vanity Fair, July 2006.
- ↑ Daniele Ganser, NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe, Frank Cass, 2005, p.272.