A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial (36 page)

For the
Wall Street Journal
’s statement “one more dubious milestone . . .”: “The War Against the War on Terrorism,”
Wall Street Journal
, Nov. 6, 2009.

For Obama’s executive order: Barack Obama, Executive Order 13491, “Ensuring Lawful Interrogations,” Jan. 22, 2009.

Among the many reporters who misread Obama’s executive order were two sagacious foes of torture, Glenn Greenwald and Scott Horton. See Scott Horton, “Renditions Buffoonery,”
Harper’s
(online), Feb. 2, 2009,
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/02/hbc-90004326
; Glenn Greenwald, “The L.A. Times, Obama & renditions,”
Salon: Glenn Greenwald
(blog), Feb. 2, 2009,
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/02/renditions/
. Horton and Greenwald soon returned to their usual good sense on torture policy.

For Leon Panetta’s statement “If we render someone . . .”: David Ignatius, “Obama’s Fine Print On Security,”
Washington Post
, Mar. 29, 2009.

For the recommendation of Obama’s task force: “Special Task Force on Interrogations and Transfer Policies Issues Its Recommendations to the President,” press release 09-835, Ofc. of Public Affairs, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Aug. 24, 2009, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/August/09-ag-835.html.

Index

Page numbers beginning with 283 refer to notes.

Abdelaziz, Sheikh, 106

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

Abdulrahman al-Hilal, Abdulsalam Ali, 86–89, 90

Abdurahim, Sheikh, 99

Abu Albana, 96

Abu Imad (Arman Ahmed El Hissini Helmy), 61, 85, 91, 92, 107, 112–14, 115, 116, 118, 286–87

Abu Jalal, 96

Abu Khalil, Sheikh, 106

Abu Omar (Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr), 46–50

advice on jihad, 175

Albania’s desire to recruit as spy, 54, 243–45

Ali Sharif’s distrust of, 101–2, 107

alleged CIA work of, 243–45

appearance of, 20

arrest in Albania of, 54–55, 61, 243–44

arrest in Egypt of, 48–49

arrest in Milan of, 90

in asylum in Albania, 52–55, 56, 61, 243–45

author’s interview with, 245–53

birth of daughter of, 275

CIA’s claim about location of, 228, 234

computer of, 162, 174–75

depression of, 166, 252–53

DIGOS investigation and surveillance of, 19, 20, 93–107, 108, 109, 112, 120–21, 180, 222, 270

divorce of, 56, 93

education of, 46–48

Egypt fled by, 49–50, 54, 61

Egypt’s desire to recruit as spy, 49, 54

false documents and, 94

German asylum sought by, 55–56, 244

hijacking plot of, 19

and hostage situation in Iraq, 251

in Human Relief and Reconstruction Agency, 53

Islamic Media Center founded by, 107–8

Italian asylum granted to, 60–61, 92, 93

marriages of, 53, 93

Marxism interest of, 47

Massimo’s stealing of data on, 27–28

medicine and drugs taken by, 252

in move to Milan, 60–61, 91–92

named deputy chief imam at Via Quaranta mosque, 92

panic attacks of, 166

in Peshawar, 52–53, 61

Quran as interpreted by, 19

rearrest of, 167

as recruiter for Ansar network, 109

on recruiting terrorists, 95–96

as Salafist, 47

sausage factory opened by, 54

search of apartment of, 174–75

sermons of, 48, 61, 92, 109, 113, 250–51

Spataro’s indictment against, 220

as teacher, 52

terrorist network run by, 19

Via Quaranta mosque left by, 107

Abu Omar (Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr), imprisonment of:

bribe offered to, 239–40

cell of, 150–51

change in appearance of, 161, 238–39, 249

CIA’s alleged collaboration in interrogation of, 251–52

Abu Omar (Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr), imprisonment of (
continued
)

family visits to, 160–65, 167, 192, 193, 238–39

first release from, 161, 166–67, 174

freedom granted to, 240

in hearing before judge, 165–66

information allegedly given by, 228

interrogations of, 132, 151–52, 154, 157–58, 197, 234, 251–52

in move to Tora Prison complex, 155–56

possible rape of, 158

second release from, 239, 245

statement of crimes written by, 153

suicide attempt of, 159

testimony of, 238, 239, 240

torture of, 151, 152–53, 154, 155, 157, 158–59, 165, 175, 176, 238, 239, 240, 251, 252, 292

Abu Omar (Osama Mustafa Hassan Nasr), kidnapping of:

call logs from, 121, 168–69, 176–78

element of surprise in, 142

indictments and arrests in connection with, 198, 218, 220, 229, 235–36

initial search after, 112–14

injuries in, 125, 126, 128, 129, 165, 166

Ludwig’s fears about, 227, 229

Ludwig’s role in, 31–34, 199, 230

Massimo’s preparation for, 28–30

plane used for, 194–96, 223

planning of, 19–21, 31, 182, 221, 222–24, 235

purpose of, 20, 223–24

SISMI involvement in, 222–23

SISMI stakeout of site of, 236

Spataro’s investigation of, 174–80, 191–92, 200, 229

transport out of Italy as part of, 122–30, 176, 178–80, 184, 192–93, 223

trial of, 240–42

verdict in trial on, 273–74

witness of, 113–14, 115–19, 120, 121, 124, 164, 169, 227

see also
SIMs

Abu Qatada, Sheikh, 106

Abu Saleh (Mahmoud Abdelkader Es Sayed), 81–82, 85–87, 120

documents forged by, 81, 87

on planning of September 11 attacks, 87–89

probable death of, 90

sermons of, 92

Abu Serrah, 103

Abu Suleiman, 103

Abu Talal (Talaat Fuad Qassim), 71, 78–82

Abu Yasser (Refai Ahmed Taha Musa), 155

Abu Zabaydah, 82

Achille Lauro,
75

Adam and Eve, 160

Adel, Sheikh, 103

Aden, Sheikh, 106

Adlen, Sheikh, 103, 104

Adler, Monica Courtney, 183, 185–86, 188, 200, 255–56, 258, 275

Adly, Habib El-, 130

Afghanistan, 50–51, 64, 69, 70, 83, 86, 90, 108, 111, 195

Africa, 134

Agee, Philip, 256–57

Agrigento, Italy, 119

Air Force, U.S., 123, 182, 193, 223

al-Aqrab, 156–57

Albania, 52–53, 56, 59, 61, 69, 104, 243–45

Albuquerque, N.Mex., 219

Alessandrini, Emilio, 170, 171, 213

Alexander the Great, 35

Alexandria, Egypt, 35–38, 46, 60, 162–63, 165–66, 174, 248–55

Alfa Romeo, 57

Algeria, 51, 69, 82, 102, 106, 107

Ali, Mohamed, 101

Ali, Muhammad, 36, 38

Ali Sharif (Ali Abdel Al Ali), 97–98, 101–2, 107

Alitalia, 87

al-Qaeda, 23, 45, 52, 67, 70, 81–82, 87, 191, 220, 231, 247

see also
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Al-Quds Mosque, 287

Alvarez-Machain, Humberto, 73–74

Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, 91

Ambrose, Saint, 13

American Automobile Association, 183

American Pastoral
(Roth), 219

American Psychiatric Association, 140–41

American School of Milan, 19

Améry, Jean, 253

Ames, Aldrich, 202

Amin, Mustafa, 146

amphetamines, 141

Andreotti, Giulio, 208, 211, 217

Angleton, James Jesus, 205

Ansar al-Islam, 104, 108, 109, 111, 189–90

antennae, 22

Arabia, 36, 41

Arabs, 36, 37

Arafat, Yasser, 89

Arar, Maher, 248

Archimedes, 35

Aristotle, 133

Army, Italian, 210

Asherleigh, Gregory, 187, 189, 190, 198, 259

Assembly Pointe Aviation, 195

Asti wine country, 197, 273

Atmani, Karim Said, 69–70, 71, 81

Atta, Mohamed, 39, 287

Attila the Hun, 57

Aurisina, Italy, 204

Austria, 57, 104, 105, 106, 231

Aviano Air Base, 123, 176, 179, 180, 181–82, 191–92, 193, 267, 269

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