Jeffrey W. Castelli

Jeffrey W. Castelli is a noted member of the U.S. intelligence community. He was the CIA station chief in Rome at the time the Niger uranium forgeries were received by U.S. intelligence authorities, and during the kidnapping of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, for which he would be subsequently indicted by Italian magistrates in 2007.

Diplomatic postings

 * Pakistan 1981-1983
 * India 1986
 * Italy 2003

Involvement 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 for their involvement in what in the Italian press is referred to as the Imam Rapito (or "kidnapped cleric") affair. The start of the trial is set for June 8, 2007.