Federico Umberto D'Amato
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Federico Umberto d'Amato (1919 - 1 July 1996) was an Italian secret agent, who led the Office for Reserved Affairs of the Italian of the Minister of Interior from the 1950s till the 1970s, when the activity of the intelligence service was undercover and not publicly known.
, and during World War II
he worked for the US Office of Strategic Services
. After the end of the conflict he was at the head of the North Atlantic Treaty
Special Office, a link between NATO and the United States
.
He entered the Office for Reserved Affairs of the Italian of the Minister of Interior in 1957. In 1974, two days after the Piazza della Loggia bombing
, he was removed from the position and assigned to the boundary police, although he kept a strong influence on the office until the 1980s. For his activity as the office's director (1969-1974) he has been accused of sidetracking numerous investigations about the massacres occurred in that period.
D'Amato was a member of Propaganda 2 (P2), a secret masonic lodge involved in numerous political and economical scandals in the 1970s. An expert of gastronomy, he held a column in the weekly L'espresso
, under the pseudonym of Federico Godio.
Biography
D'Amato was born in MarseilleMarseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, and during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he worked for the US Office of Strategic Services
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency...
. After the end of the conflict he was at the head of the North Atlantic Treaty
North Atlantic Treaty
The North Atlantic Treaty is the treaty that brought NATO into existence, signed in Washington, D.C. on 4 April 1949. The original twelve nations that signed it and thus became the founding members of NATO were:...
Special Office, a link between NATO and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
He entered the Office for Reserved Affairs of the Italian of the Minister of Interior in 1957. In 1974, two days after the Piazza della Loggia bombing
Piazza della Loggia bombing
The Piazza della Loggia bombing was a bombing that took place on the morning of 28 May 1974, in Brescia, Italy during an anti-fascist protest which killed eight people and wounded over 90...
, he was removed from the position and assigned to the boundary police, although he kept a strong influence on the office until the 1980s. For his activity as the office's director (1969-1974) he has been accused of sidetracking numerous investigations about the massacres occurred in that period.
D'Amato was a member of Propaganda 2 (P2), a secret masonic lodge involved in numerous political and economical scandals in the 1970s. An expert of gastronomy, he held a column in the weekly L'espresso
L'Espresso
l'Espresso is an Italian newsmagazine. It is one of the two most prominent Italian weeklies, the other being Panorama. Since the latter has been acquired by right-wing tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi, l'Espresso enjoys the reputation of being the main politically independent newsmagazine...
, under the pseudonym of Federico Godio.