ITALY SPY CHIEF DENIES ROLE IN CIA KIDNAP.

ROME: that head of Italy military intelligence agency on wednesday. defended himself and colleagues being Investigated for their possible role, in alleged CIA kidnapping of terrorism suspect milan. Nikolo Pollari told a closed door meeting of the senate, defence commottee that the sismi intelligence agency had nothing to do with ILLEGAL acts and would not break the law to help foreign agents. The coments, relayed to reporters by the committees chairman, were Pollars first known response since Prosecutors questioned him on Saturday over sismis possible role helping the CIA abduct a muslim cleric in milan and fly him to Egypt. the suspect, an Egyptian named Hassan Mustafa osama Nasr, say he was tortured there under Interrogations. Pollari No. 2. and another official were arrested this month. and held for more than a week. Gen, Pollari said calmly that our Secret services did not Violated the law, even in situations that can be defined as border-line Sen Sergio De Gregorio the defence committees chairman told reporters. De Gregorio added that although sismi cooperated with foreign agents it would not do so with projects twenty six Americansmost believedto be CIA agents face arrest warrants over the Nasr case Pollari declained to speak with reporters as left the hearing. State Secrecy? Foreign Minister Massimo Dalema said that he intended to free agents from restrictions of state Secrecy so that they could collaborate with masgistrates Speaking before the lower house of parliament he also said he wanted to avoid damaging the operations of sismi spy agency and avoid leaks to reporters. Something that has accompanied every of the Nasr Investigations so far. De Gregorio suggested that Pollari would be better able to protect himself in the investigation if he were able to present classified information to magisrates. 1 thing that if Gen. Pollari was free from state secrecy he would be able to discuss things that relate to secrets that our heads of state are aware of he said answering a question about Nasr's Abduction. He did not elaborate Silvio Berlusconi prime minster at the time of Abduction has also denied any role and compared Magistrates to terrorists for looking up intelligence agency officials meant to protect the country. Any proof of Italian involvement would confirm one of chief accusations made by council of europe investigator Dick Marty in a report last month that european governments colluded with the United States of America's in secret prisonery tranfers. Nasr currently held in an Egyptian prison had Political refugee status in Italy at the time of the kidnap but he faces an arrest warrant in Italy over suspicion of terrorists activity including recruiting militants for Iraq. sources in Italy reported. it is of operations for agencies of another countriea acting ILLEGALY in another countries. as I stated before. Bravo.