Jeffrey W. Castelli
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Jeffrey W. Castelli is a noted member of the U.S. intelligence community. He was the CIA
station chief in Rome at the time the Niger uranium forgeries were received by U.S. intelligence authorities, and during the kidnapping of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr
, for which he would be subsequently indicted by Italian magistrates in 2007.
on February 17, 2003, and was among 26 U.S. nationals (and one of the few with confirmed identities) subsequently indicted by Italian authorities for their involvement in what in the Italian press is referred to as the Imam Rapito
(or "kidnapped cleric") affair. The start of the trial is set for June 8, 2007.
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station chief in Rome at the time the Niger uranium forgeries were received by U.S. intelligence authorities, and during the kidnapping of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr , also known as Abu Omar, is an Egyptian cleric. In 2003 he was living in Milan, Italy, from where he was kidnapped and allegedly later tortured in Egypt. This "Imam rapito affair" prompted a series of investigations in Italy, culminating in the criminal convictions of...
, for which he would be subsequently indicted by Italian magistrates in 2007.
Involvement in the Imam Rapito affair
Castelli was CIA station chief in Rome at the time of the kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama NasrHassan Mustafa Osama Nasr
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr , also known as Abu Omar, is an Egyptian cleric. In 2003 he was living in Milan, Italy, from where he was kidnapped and allegedly later tortured in Egypt. This "Imam rapito affair" prompted a series of investigations in Italy, culminating in the criminal convictions of...
on February 17, 2003, and was among 26 U.S. nationals (and one of the few with confirmed identities) subsequently indicted by Italian authorities for their involvement in what in the Italian press is referred to as the Imam Rapito
Imam Rapito affair
The Abu Omar Case refers to the abduction and transfer to Egypt of the Imam of Milan Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar...
(or "kidnapped cleric") affair. The start of the trial is set for June 8, 2007.
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Further reading
- Anti-CIA Club of Diplomats. Spooks in U.S. Foreign Service. 1983 (4)
- Executive Intelligence Review 2006-08-04 (49)
- Kunhanandan Nair, Berlin "Devil and His Dart: How the CIA is Plotting in the Third World" Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1986 (117)
- Barton Gellman, "A Leak, then a Deluge", The Washington Post, October 25, 2005