COPASIR

{{Short description|Italian parliamentary committee about intelligence agencies}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2022}} '''Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic''' (''Comitato Parlamentare per la Sicurezza della Repubblica'', '''COPASIR''') is a body of the Italian Parliament deputed to survey and oversee the activities of the Italian intelligence agencies.

== History == Since the end of World War II, Italian intelligence agencies have been reorganized many times in an attempt to increase their effectiveness and bring them more fully under civilian control. The committee was established as part of a broader reform of the Italian intelligence community, which represented the latest in a long string of government attempts to effectively manage Italy's intelligence agencies.

* In 1977, with Legislative Act n.801 of 24/10/1977, this came after a former chief of SID, Vito Miceli, was arrested for "conspiration against the state" (Golpe Borghese), and the intelligence agencies were reorganized in a democratic attempt. This re-organization mainly consisted of: ** The split of SID, the intelligence agency at that time, into two separate agencies with different roles: SISDE (the domestic one) and SISMI (the military one). ** The creation of CESIS, with a coordination role between the two intelligence agencies and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. ** The creation of the Parliamentary Committee, COPACO, to oversee the activities of the two agencies. * Since 1 August 2007, with Legislative Act n.124 of 08/03/2007, following the reform of the Italian intelligence agencies, SISDE, SISMI and CESIS were replaced respectively by AISI, AISE and DIS;<ref>Legislative Act n.124 of 08/03/2007, reported on the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic, General Series, n.187 of 08/13/2007. [http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/gurifulcrum/dispatcher?service=1&datagu=2007-08-13&task=sommario&numgu=187&tmstp=1189016330697]{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}.{{in lang|it}}</ref> the COPACO was renamed COPASIR (Comitato Parlamentare per la Sicurezza della Repubblica, Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic) and granted additional oversight and control powers.

== Mission == Following the reform of the Italian intelligence agencies approved on 1 August 2007, COPASIR. has the power to:

* Declassify State Secrets, but only if all members of the Committee agree with unanimity. * Acquire acts and dossiers from judicial investigations, with the authority to overcome the professional secrecy, both of judicial and banking nature. * Have free access to intelligence agencies' offices and documentations.

COPASIR is constituted by four Senators and four Deputies, designated proportionally by the presidents of the two Chambers (the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic).

=== Current composition === {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Name !Group !Role !House !Took office |- ! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" | |Lorenzo Guerini |Democratic Party |President | rowspan="5" |Chamber of Deputies |21 November 2022 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Brothers of Italy}};" | |Giovanni Donzelli |Brothers of Italy |Vice President |21 November 2022 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Action (Italian political party)}};" | |Ettore Rosato |Action – PER |Secretary |21 November 2022 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}};" | |Marco Pellegrini |Five Star Movement |Member |21 November 2022 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Brothers of Italy}};" | |Angelo Rossi |Brothers of Italy |Member |21 November 2022 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Brothers of Italy}};" | |Ester Mieli{{efn|Former member, Andrea Augello, died on 28 April 2023}} |Brothers of Italy |Member | rowspan="5" |Senate of the Republic |3 July 2024 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Lega (political party)}};" | |Claudio Borghi |League |Member |17 November 2022 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Italia Viva}};" | |Enrico Borghi |Italia Viva{{efn|Previously a member of the Democratic Party until 26 April 2023}} |Member |17 November 2022 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}};" | |Licia Ronzulli |Forza Italia |Member |17 November 2022 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}};" | |Roberto Scarpinato |Five Star Movement |Member |17 November 2022 |} {{notelist}}

=== List of presidents === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; style="width=80%" |- ! width=1% rowspan=2| Portrait ! width=15% rowspan=2| Name (Born–Died) ! width=30% colspan=3| Term of office ! width=11% rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party ! width=11% rowspan=2| Legislature |- style="text-align:center;" ! width=11%|Took office ! width=11%|Left office ! width=8%|Time in office |- !90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" |'''Claudio Scajola''' (1948– ) | 1 August 2007 | 29 April 2008 | {{small|{{ayd|2007|08|01|2008|4|29}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Forza Italia}};" | | Forza Italia | bgcolor=#EEEEEE|XV {{small|(2006)}} |- !90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" |'''Francesco Rutelli''' (1954– ) | 22 May 2008 | 12 November 2009 | {{small|{{ayd|2008|5|22|2009|11|12}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" | | Democratic Party | rowspan=2 bgcolor=#EEEEEE|XVI {{small|(2008)}} |- !90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" | '''Massimo D'Alema''' (1949– ) | 26 January 2010 | 15 March 2013 | {{small|{{ayd|2010|1|26|2013|3|15}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" | | Democratic Party |- !90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" |'''Giacomo Stucchi''' (1969– ) | 6 June 2013 | 22 March 2018 | {{small|{{ayd|2013|6|6|2018|3|22}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Lega Nord}};" | | Northern League / League | bgcolor=#EEEEEE|XVII {{small|(2013)}} |- !90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" | '''Lorenzo Guerini''' (1966– ) | 18 July 2018 | 4 September 2019 | {{small|{{ayd|2018|7|18|2019|9|4}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" | | Democratic Party | rowspan=3 bgcolor=#EEEEEE|XVIII {{small|(2018)}} |- ! 90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" |'''Raffaele Volpi''' (1960– ) | 9 October 2019 | 20 May 2021 | {{small|{{ayd|2019|10|9|2021|5|20}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Lega Nord}};" | | League |- ! 90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" | '''Adolfo Urso''' (1957– ) | 9 June 2021 | 12 October 2022 | {{small|{{ayd|2021|6|9|2022|10|12}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Brothers of Italy}};" | | Brothers of Italy |- !90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" | '''Lorenzo Guerini''' (1966– ) | 6 December 2022 | Incumbent | {{small|{{ayd|2022|12|6}}}} ! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" | | Democratic Party | bgcolor=#EEEEEE|XIX {{small|(2022)}} |- |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www.serviziinformazionesicurezza.gov.it/pdcweb.nsf/pagine/ee_comitatoparlamentare The Italian Intelligence and Security Services Official Website - COPACO] {{in lang|en}} *[http://www.serviziinformazionesicurezza.gov.it/pdcweb.nsf/pagine/ee_homepage The Italian Intelligence and Security Services Official Website - Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022221702/http://www.serviziinformazionesicurezza.gov.it/pdcweb.nsf/pagine/ee_homepage |date=2008-10-22 }} {{in lang|en}}

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