Born in
Trapani, he was a lieutenant of the
Bersaglieri during the Second World War. He was chief of the
SIOS, the Italian Army Intelligence's Service from 1969 and, was promoted to
division general, the
military intelligence service
SID's head from 18 October 1970 to 1974. Vito Miceli was arrested in October 1974 on charges of political conspiracy concerning investigations about the
Golpe Borghese coup attempt. He was acquitted of any wrongdoing in 1978. Miceli received money in 1972 from the United States embassy in Rome. Ambassador
Graham Martin turned $800,000 over to Miceli, as Italy's intelligence chief, with the approval of the director of the
National Security Council,
Henry Kissinger, despite the objections of the
CIA Rome station chief. It is unknown how Miceli spent the money. Miceli was a member of the
masonic Propaganda Due. He later became a deputy of the
Italian Parliament for the neo-fascist
Italian Social Movement (1976–1987). ==References==