A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial

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by Hendricks, Steve


  Ayashi, Radi El (Merai), 109–12

  Ayman (husband of Hayam Abedelmoneim Mohamed Hassanein), 118

  Azerbaijan, 195

  Babylonians, 134

  Badr, Zaki, 45

  Baer, Robert, 147

  Balkans, 228, 234, 237–38

  Bangladesh, 59

  Banna, Hassan al-, 39, 40, 41, 42

  Barak, Aharon, 219–20

  Barbarossa, 57

  Barbera wine, 198, 273

  Barisha, Sali, 243

  Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio, 13

  Battelli, Gianfranco, 237

  Begin, Menachem, 140

  Beirut, 77

  Belgium, 103, 231

  Gladio in, 217

  Belgrade, Serbia, 229, 274

  Bellini, Gianmarco, 223

  Benjamin, Jean-Marie, 89–90

  Ben Soltane, Adel, 89

  Bergamo, Italy, 122

  Berlusconi, Silvio, 57, 220–21, 226, 234, 235, 237, 240, 242, 272

  Best Western Hotel Blaise & Francis, 168, 177

  Bible, 53, 68

  Bill (German shepherd), 219

  bin Laden, Osama, 51, 52, 62, 64, 67, 69, 88, 103

  Blind Sheikh (Omar Abdel-Rahman), 62–63, 64

  Bologna, Italy, 213, 217, 224, 225

  bombs, 70–71

  Borghese, Prince Junio Valerio, 210–11

  Bosnia, 83, 107

  Bosnian War, 64–71, 78, 80–81, 100

  Boston Red Sox, 194, 195

  bounty hunters, 73

  Brahim, 110

  Brandt, Willy, 207

  Braschi, Fort, 225, 226, 234

  Brasco, Donnie, 18

  Brazil, 257

  Breda, 57

  Brescia, Italy, 122, 217, 234

  Bridges, Ruby, 218

  Brigate Rosse, see Red Brigades

  Brunner, Alois, 145

  Brussels, 192

  Bulgaria, 106

  Bush, George H. W., 77, 147, 195

  Bush, George W., 89, 147, 220, 234–35, 274, 275

  Bush (G. W.) administration, CIA agents not extradited by, 221

  Byzantium, 91

  Cairo, 36, 69, 90, 114, 165–66, 193, 196, 198, 234, 245

  Calabria, Italy, 16, 174, 176

  caliphate, 102

  Cameron, Ewen D., 140–41

  Canada, 70, 140–42

  Canadian Psychiatric Association, 141

  Canary Islands, Spain, 195

  Cannistraro, Vincent, 237

  Cape Cod, 258–59

  Carabinieri, 16–17, 32, 33, 98–99, 221

  considered as target of terrorism, 84

  de Lorenzo in, 209

  derivation of name of, 16

  foot patrols of, 17

  Gladio’s terrorism covered up by, 204, 207

  Lady’s relationship with, 197

  Ludwig’s job at, 229

  noms de guerre used in, 17–18

  suspicion of CIA involvement in Abu Omar’s kidnapping by, 227–29

  Carabinieri (continued)

  terrorism against, 203–4

  Timofte investigated by, 182

  Carrera, Lorenzo Gabriel, 187, 198

  Carthaginians, 56–57

  Casson, Felice, 203–4, 214–15

  Castalado, Eliana Isabella, 185, 188–89, 198, 260–61

  Castellano, Victor, 185, 198, 258, 259–60

  Castelli, Jeff:

  acquittal of, 273

  arrest warrant for, 237, 238

  CIA quit by, 269–70

  D’Ambrosio allegedly pushed out of service by, 226–27

  De Sousa’s lawsuit against, 274

  Pignero’s discussion on renditions with, 230, 231

  renditions proposed by, 222–24, 235, 237, 271

  Castro, Fidel, 257

  Catholic Action, 205

  Catholic Church, 40

  cat-o’-nine-tails, 132, 133

  Celts, 56, 134

  Central Directorate for Anti-Terrorism Police, 121

  Channing, Drew Carlyle, 184, 198

  charities, 99, 244

  Charles I, King of England, 74

  Chechnya, 71, 81, 103, 105

  Chicago, Ill., 219

  Chicago Tribune, 243–45

  Chiesa di Valmalenco, Italy, 189

  Chile, 73, 257

  China, 24, 59

  Christian Democratic Party, 171, 205–6, 207, 209, 212

  Churchill, Winston, 145

  Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, 61

  CIA, 18

  Abu Omar’s alleged work for, 243–45

  on Abu Omar’s disappearance, 121, 234, 237–38

  Abu Talal investigated by, 78–79

  as aware of Spataro’s investigation, 199–200

  Carabinieri’s suspicion of, 227–28

  Counterterrorism Center of, 237

  covert operations outsourced by, 201

  farecards reused by, 180

  FBI’s collaboration with, 76–77

  Gladio created and supported by, 204, 207, 208–9, 215, 217

  headquarters of, 228–29

  Italian coups considered by, 209, 211

  Italian elections and, 204–8

  Lady’s joining of, 197

  and leads given by Abu Omar, 228

  Mancini’s alleged offer to spy for, 225

  Massimo contacted by, 22–23, 26

  mobile phones reused by, 190

  Piazza Fontana bombing allegedly supported by, 211, 216

  post–September 11 growth in missions of, 194, 201

  protected identity of agents of, 255–68

  recklessness of, 201–2

  secret jets needed by, 194, 195

  and Security Directive on capturing terrorists, 76

  Soviet Union feared by, 204–5

  Spataro’s indictments of agents of, 198, 218, 220, 229

  torture by, 138, 140–42, 143–47

  see also extraordinary renditions; SIMs; specific agents

  Ciise, Maxamed Cabdullah (Mohammad the Somali), 109–12

  Clarke, Richard, 77, 286

  Clinton, Bill, 75, 77–78, 79, 146, 147

  Coachmen Enterprises, 188, 261

  Coello, Martha, 197

  Colby, William, 206

  Cold War, 138, 193, 204–5, 211–12

  Cole, Matthew, 270–71

  Collins, Shirley, 73

  colonialism, in Egypt, 36–37, 39

  Communism, 53, 204

  Communist Party, Italy, 204–5, 206, 208–9, 211–12, 214, 215

  Como, Italy, 108, 120, 175

  Congress, U.S., 205

  Congressional Quarterly, 268–69

  Connecticut, 137

  Constitution, Italian, 204, 207, 240

  Constitution, U.S., 218, 257

  Constitutional Court, Italian, 241, 242, 273

  Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, 25

  Coptic Church, 36, 44, 46

  Cormano, Italy, 177–79, 181, 184

  Corniche, 37

  Corriere della Sera, 27, 238

  Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 15

  Cremona, Italy, 108, 120

  Crewdson, John, 243

  Croatia, 64, 65, 66, 72, 79, 81

  Croce Viola, 117, 120

  Crusades, 91

  Curcio, Renato, 171

  Cutler, Lloyd, 77

  Cyprus, 77

  Czaska, Susan, 199–200

  Czech Republic, 195

  dabet, 92

  D’Ambrosio, Stefano, 221–27, 230

  Dambruoso, Stefano, 119–21, 169, 174, 233

  death sentences, 137

  Defense Department, U.S., torture by, 138, 139, 141, 143

  de Lorenzo, Giovanni, 209–10, 234

  Delta Sky Miles, 189

  Denmark, 71–72, 78–79, 217

  departure logs, 192

  depatterning, 140–41

  De Sousa, Sabrina, 181, 187, 199, 200, 224, 237, 268–69, 273, 274

  Digilio, Carlo, 215–16 />
  DIGOS (Divisione Investigazioni Generali e Operazioni Speciali; Division of General Investigations and Special Operations):

  Abu Omar investigated by, 19, 20, 93–107, 108, 109, 112, 120, 222, 270

  and Abu Omar’s disappearance, 113, 115–19, 120–21, 161–65, 180–90, 193, 229, 234, 237–38

  Abu Saleh surveilled by, 87, 88, 89

  alleged involvement in kidnapping, 233

  Aviano Air Base flights investigated by, 176, 179, 180, 181–82, 191–92, 193

  Farina’s phone tapped by, 233

  hotel registries investigated by, 184, 185–86, 188–89, 200

  Ladys’ residence visited by, 198

  Operation Sphinx of, 68–71, 80, 82, 97, 120

  phone logs investigated by, 121, 168–69

  Pompa’s phone tapped by, 233–34

  Shaaban’s phone tapped by, 68, 70

  SIMs investigated by, 176–78, 179, 180–88, 190, 193, 229–30, 236

  Diners Club, 188

  diplomatic corps, 190

  document forging, 68–69, 81, 86, 87, 99, 109

  Double Eagles, 194

  drug dealing, 77

  Drug Enforcement Agency, U.S., 73–74, 219

  drug trafficking, 174

  Duffin, John Kevin, 184, 185, 188, 198

  Dulles, Allen, 212

  Dulles International Airport, 195, 196

  Durrell, Lawrence, 37

  Easto, Jessica, 256, 264

  Egypt, 35–49, 51, 59, 82, 103, 118, 176

  Abdel-Rahman’s expulsion from, 62

  Abu Talal in custody of, 79–80

  Achille Lauro hijacking and, 75

  CIA torture training in, 145–47

  colonialism in, 36–37, 39

  corruption in, 38–40, 44

  education in, 44

  Israel’s peace with, 43, 146

  Israel’s wars with, 42, 43

  judges in, 165

  Muslim Brotherhood’s desire to change government of, 41, 42–43

  Nasser’s coup in, 38, 39

  Omar’s fleeing from, 49–50, 54, 61

  Ottoman invasion of, 36

  political repression in, 42, 43–44, 48, 51, 72

  prisons of, 43–44, 131–33, 148–50; see also Abu Omar (Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr), imprisonment of

  socialist experiment in, 38, 42, 43

  terrorism in, 42, 45–46, 48

  torture methods of, 131–33

  U.S. aid to, 146

  Egyptian Jihad, see Jihad (organization)

  Eichmann, Adolf, 145

  Eikonoklastes (Milton), 74

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 145, 146

  Elbadry, Mohammed Reda, 161, 163–64, 174, 175–76, 192, 193

  elections, Italian:

  of 1948, 204–6

  of 1953, 206

  of 1958, 206

  of 1963, 206, 209

  electroconvulsive shocks, 140–41

  Eliot, T. S., 18

  Encyclopædia Britannica, 74

  Engels, Friedrich, 114

  England, 104

  Enlightenment, 137

  Ethiopia, 44–45, 59, 79

  Euclid, 35

  Eurocontrol, 192, 193

  Europa and Regina, 189

  European Union, 218

  Expedia, 199

  extortion, 174

  extraordinary renditions, 72, 78

  of Abu Talal, 78–82

  CIA’s outsourcing of, 201

  of innocent men, 240, 248

  of Krekar, 189–90

  Mancini and Pignero’s discussion of, 230–32

  Mubarak and, 146–47

  Obama’s task force on, 274–75

  post–September 11 increase in, 194, 201

  see also Abu Omar (Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr), kidnapping of; renditions

  F-16s, 191, 192

  falanga, 131, 133

  Falck, 57

  Faldo, Vincent, 187, 198

  Fanfani, Amintore, 210

  Farina, Renato, 233–35

  indictment of, 235

  Faruk, King of Egypt, 38, 42

  Fascists, Italian, 31, 207, 210, 214, 220

  Fascists, Japanese, 210

  Fawzan, John, 80

  Fazzo, Luca, 271–73

  FBI, 18, 19, 65, 76–77, 88, 219, 259

  Federal Aviation Administration, 194

  FIAT, 212

  Final Solution, 205

  Finance Guard, 17

  First Amendment, 257

  Fizazi, Mohammed al-, 287

  Flaubert, Gustave, 37

  Force 9, 103

  forced standing, 138–39

  Ford, Gerald, 256

  Fort Braschi, 225, 226, 234

  France, 24, 103, 136–37, 217

  Frankfurt, Germany, 190

  Frederick the Great, 138

  frequent-flyer numbers, 189, 201

  Fronte Nazionale, 210

  Front Line, 171, 173, 220

  G8 summit, 88

  galabia, 20, 92, 116, 125

  Gallarate, Italy, 113, 120

  Galli, Guido, 171–73

  Gamaa al-Islamiyya, al- (Islam Group), 61, 62, 63, 64, 69, 155, 243, 244

  Abu Omar’s association with, 48–49

  Abu Talal as leader of, 71

  in Albanian charities, 53

  assassination of Mubarak attempted by, 44–45

  education reforms pushed by, 44

  Mubarak’s détente with, 45, 46, 166

  organization of, 45

  terrorism by, 45–46, 48

  Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 29

  gas canisters, 70, 71

  Gauls, 134

  Geneva, Switzerland, 199

  Genoa, Italy, 88

  Germany, 55–56, 61, 84, 104, 105, 134, 136, 138, 145, 217, 244

  Ghali, Nabila, 93, 112, 113, 120–21, 161–65, 167, 174, 175–76, 192, 193, 238–39, 242, 247–48, 252, 275

  Ghedi, Italy, 223

  Ghriba, Tunisia, 94

  Giorgio, 28–29

  Giornale, Il, 271

  Gladios, 207–8, 211

  alleged involvement in terrorist bombings, 204, 207, 214–15, 217

  CIA support for, 204, 207, 208–9, 215, 217

  creation of, 204, 207

  international scope of, 217

  magistracy’s investigation of, 214–15

  NATO’s support for, 208, 217

  Glina, Marsela, 53, 55–56, 228

  Goldenrod, Operation, 77

  Gore, Al, 77–78

  Goths, 57

  GQ, 251, 252, 270

  Grand Canal, 189

  Grand Hotel Baglioni, 185

  Great Britain, 202, 251

  Gladio in, 217

  as target of terrorism, 90

  Great Mosque of Rome, 99

  Greece, 133, 135

  Gladio in, 217

  Ground Zero, 228

  Groupe Islamique Armé (GIA), 69

  Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 90, 195

  Guatemala, 201, 257

  guerrilla warfare, 207

  Guerzoni, Giuseppe, 29

  Guevara, Che, 47

  Gulfstream IV, 193, 195–96

  Gulf War, 223

  Gurley, John Thomas, 187, 198

  hadith, 35

  Muslim Brotherhood’s adherence to strict interpretation of, 39, 40, 41

  Hale, Nathan, 202

  Hamburg, Germany, 287

  Hammadi (Bouyahia Hammadi Ben Abdelaziz), 93–94

  Hannibal, 56

  Harbaugh, Raymond, 185, 188, 189, 198

  Harbison, James Thomas, 184–85, 188, 198

  Harty, Ben Amar, 183, 188–89, 198

  Hassan, 35, 94

  Hassanein, Hayam Abdelmoneim Mohamed, 118–19

  Hebrews, 134

  Helmy, Arman Ahmed El Hissini, see Abu Imad

  Hendrix, Jimi, 223

  Herculaneum, Italy, 85

  Herodotus, 89

  heroin, 141

  Herophilos, 35

  Hilton
Hotel, 185–86

  Hilton HHonors, 189

  Hindus, 134

  Hitler, Adolf, 193, 205

  Hizb al-Tawid, 104

  Hizb ut-Tahrir, 102, 104, 107

  Honduras, 196, 200, 271

  Hopper, Edward, 219

  Hotel al-Rashid, 109

  Hotel Danieli, 189

  Hotel del Golfo, 185

  Hotel Hassler, 205

  Human Relief and Construction Agency, 53, 243

  Hussein, Saddam, 189, 234–35

  Ibanez, Brenda Liliana, 185, 198

  Inside the Company: CIA Diary (Agee), 256–57

  Intelligence Identities Protection Act (1975), 256–57

  Inter Milan, 236

  Internazionale, L’, 114

  Interpol, 220–21

  Iran, 24, 43, 90, 111, 145

  CIA agents imprisoned and executed in, 201

  Iraq, 189

  in Gulf War, 223

  terrorism in, 108–9, 245, 251

  2003 U.S. invasion of, 108, 112, 189–90, 191, 245

  Islam, 39, 40–41, 43, 47, 64

  Islamic Brigade, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 80–81

  Islamic Community in Italy, see Via Quaranta mosque

  Islamic Cultural Institute, see Viale Jenner mosque

  Islamic Jihad, 43, 44, 45, 48, 52, 53, 69, 81, 109, 243

  Islamic Media Center, 107–8

  Islamic Truth, 107–8

  Islamists, Islamism, 43–44, 64, 250

  see also Society of Muslim Brothers

  Israel, 24, 42, 43, 62, 81, 95, 102, 108, 111, 145, 146

  “Italian terrorism” (document), 175

  Italy:

  Abu Omar granted asylum in, 92

  airport takeoff protocol from, 192

  campaigns against leftists in, 204–12

  CIA’s history in, 204–8

  constitution of, 204, 207, 240

  coup threats in, 209–10

  criminal investigations in, 119–20

  elections in, 204–6, 209

  Gladio weapons caches found in, 204, 208, 215

  leftists in, 213–14, 216

  phone tap laws in, 67–68

  postwar industry in, 57

  rivalry among police forces in, 17

  targeting of by Milan terrorist networks, 83–84

  terrorism in, 169, 170–72, 173, 203–4, 212–13, 214–17

  Italy (continued)

  trials of terrorists in, 172, 173–74

  Japan, 195, 210

  Jenkins, Anne Linda, 184, 198

  Jenner, Edward, 85

  Jesuit Center of Rome, 61

  Jews, 35, 44, 46, 93, 99, 101, 145

  jihad (holy war), 19, 51, 52, 64–65, 70, 86, 88, 103, 175

  Jihad (organization), see Islamic Jihad

  Jihadia, Operation, 87

  jihad manuals, 83

  Jordan, 42, 49–50, 51, 71, 147, 195

  in 1967 war, 42

  jumuah, 113, 114, 118

  Justice Department, U.S., 269, 275

  Kabul, Afghanistan, 247

  Kamel, Fateh, 70, 71, 81

  Katilea, 106

  Kentucky, 141

  Kenya, 67

  Ker, Frederick, 72

  Ker-Frisbie doctrine, 73–74, 75, 76

  Ker v. Illinois, 73

  KGB, 138–40

 

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