Jeffrey W. Castelli
Jeffrey W. Castelli is a CIA officer who served as CIA station chief in Rome at the time of the Niger uranium forgeries.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] His subsequent involvement in the CIA-led kidnapping of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr would lead to his subsequent sentencing to seven years in prison, by an Italian court, in 2013.[8][9]
Convicted to seven years in prison in the Imam Rapito affair
Castelli was CIA station chief in Rome at the time of the kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr on February 17, 2003, and was among 26 U.S. nationals (and one of the few with confirmed identities) subsequently indicted by Italian authorities[10] for their involvement in what in the Italian press is referred to as the Imam Rapito (or "kidnapped cleric") affair.
On February 4, 2013, Castelli was convicted to seven years in prison, by a Milan court,[8][9] along with three other CIA officials. None of the convicted US officials were present at the trial and none of them have been extradited to Italy later.[11][12][13][14][15]
See also
External links
Further reading
- 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
- Bonini, Carlo [in Italian]; D'Avanzo, Giuseppe [in Italian] (April 11, 2007). Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror. Melville House Publishing. ISBN 9781933633275.
References
- ^ Bonini, Carlo [in Italian]; D'Avanzo, Giuseppe [in Italian] (December 1, 2005). "Alain Chouet, ex numero 2 dei servizi segreti transalpini racconta il ruolo di Parigi nell'affare del falso traffico di uranio: Nigergate, lo 007 francese che smonta la tesi del Sismi" [Alain Chouet, former number 2 of the transalpine secret services, talks about the role of Paris in the affair of the false uranium trafficking: Nigergate, the French 007 that dismantles the thesis of the SISMI]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on December 3, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Bonini, Carlo [in Italian]; D'Avanzo, Giuseppe [in Italian] (October 24, 2005). "Doppiogiochisti e dilettanti, tutti gli italiani del Nigergate" [Double agents and amateurs all the Italians of the Nigergate]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on October 27, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Gellman, Barton (October 30, 2005). "A Leak, Then a Deluge (page 1)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Gellman, Barton (October 30, 2005). "A Leak, Then a Deluge (page 2)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Gellman, Barton (October 30, 2005). "A Leak, Then a Deluge (page 3)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Gellman, Barton (October 30, 2005). "A Leak, Then a Deluge (page 4)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Gellman, Barton (October 30, 2005). "A Leak, Then a Deluge (page 5)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ a b Milan Court Convicts Three Americans in CIA Kidnapping, Associated Press, by Colleen Barry, February 5, 2013
- ^ a b Barry, Colleen (February 1, 2013). "Milan court convicts 3 Americans in CIA kidnapping: A Milan appeals court on Friday vacated acquittals for a former CIA station chief and two other Americans, and instead convicted them in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program". Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Seattle Times.
- ^ "Rapt d'un imam à Milan: la CIA va devoir s'expliquer. Un juge italien a décidé vendredi de renvoyer devant la justice trente-cinq personnes, dont vingt-six agents de la CIA, poursuivies pour l'enlèvement d'un ex-imam égyptien à Milan en 2003 dans le cadre de la lutte anti-terrorisme" [Abduction of an imam in Milan: the CIA will have to explain. An Italian judge on Friday decided to bring to justice thirty-five people, including twenty-six CIA agents, prosecuted for the kidnapping of an Egyptian ex-imam in Milan in 2003 as part of the fight against terrorism]. Libération (in French). February 16, 2007. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Shapira, Ian (July 11, 2012). "Kidnapping unravels a spy's career (page 1)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Shapira, Ian (July 11, 2012). "Kidnapping unravels a spy's career (page 2)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Shapira, Ian (July 11, 2012). "Kidnapping unravels a spy's career (page 3)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Shapira, Ian (July 11, 2012). "Kidnapping unravels a spy's career (page 4)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Shapira, Ian (July 11, 2012). "Kidnapping unravels a spy's career (page 5)". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2021.