Editing Licio Gelli (section)

=== Alleged involvement in CIA activities in Italy ===
In 1981 Gelli was one of the very few Italians to be invited to [[First inauguration of Ronald Reagan|President Reagan's oath]].<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xbENVPuzQ|author=Alessandro Salveti (TG)|date=December 16, 2015|language=it|title=Licio Gelli, il burattinaio|publisher=Quattro Colonne|website=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305201145/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xbENVPuzQ|archive-date=March 5, 2023|url-status=live}} (at minute 0:28)</ref>

In 1990 a report on [[RAI Television]] alleged that the [[CIA]] had paid Gelli to instigate terrorist activities in Italy.<ref>"CIA backed Italy terrorism during '70s, report claims," ''[[Daily Breeze]]'', 23 July 1990</ref> Following this report, which also claimed that the CIA had been involved in the [[assassination of Olof Palme|assassination]] of the Swedish Prime minister [[Olof Palme]], then President [[Francesco Cossiga]] requested the opening of investigations while the CIA itself officially denied these allegations.<ref>"CIA Denies Report", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', July 24, 1990</ref> Critics have claimed the RAI report to be a fraud because of the inclusion of testimony from [[Richard Brenneke]], who claimed to be a former CIA agent and made several declarations concerning the [[October surprise conspiracy]]. Brenneke's background was also investigated by a U.S. Senate subcommittee, which dismissed Brenneke's claims of CIA employment.<ref>{{cite news | title = Zero-One's spy tale sends Italy spinning in ever decreasing circles | newspaper = The Sunday Times | date = 1990-07-29}}</ref> In June 2020, the Swedish police closed their investigation into Olof Palme's assassination, assigning blame to Stig Engström, a Swedish graphic designer and centre-right municipal activist who was not affiliated with the CIA.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who killed Olof Palme? |newspaper=The Economist |date=June 11, 2020 |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/06/11/sweden-unmasks-a-prime-ministers-assassin}}</ref>