Felice Casson

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Felice Casson (born August 5, 1953, in Chioggia, province of Venice) is an Italian magistrate and politician, who discovered the existence of Operation Gladio, a "stay-behind" NATO anti-communist army during the Cold War, which, in Italy, took part in the strategy of tension. Passionate about jurisprudence, he graduated in Padova University, and entered the magistracy in 1980 as a prosecuting attorney. His most famous job concerns Gladio. In 2005, he left the magistracy to present himself as candidate for mayor of Venice. However, he lost the primaries in the center-left coalition to Massimo Cacciari , the on-going mayor of Venice, for just a handful of votes. He was elected as senator on the Democrats of the Left list during for 2006 general election.

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  • (Italian) Lo stato violato (1985 - "The Raped State")
  • (Italian) Servizi segreti e il segreto di stato (1992 - "Secret Services and State Secret")
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