Leo Pagnotta person
also: Major Pagnotta, Pagnotta
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Leo Pagnotta headed
Counterintelligence Corps book_quoted
“by the 428th U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps, a detachment of Nazi hunters based in Rome. Major Leo Pagnotta, the Italian-American who was second in command of the Counterintelligence Corps, was a sharp investigator. He figured out that…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 5 @ 30:30
Leo Pagnotta interrogated
Eugene Dolman book_quoted
“He'd be dropped off for a movie. As Dolman was sitting, waiting in the police station holding room, the door suddenly opened and Major Pagnotta walked in. The two men took an immediate dislike to each other. Dolman was predispositioned to l…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 5 @ 31:31
Karl Hass escaped_from
Leo Pagnotta book_quoted
“that they were working at cross purposes. One of the most notorious fugitives, SS Captain Carl Haas, H-A-S-S, who had overseen the Cave Massacre, mysteriously escaped every time Pagnotta's team tracked him down and turned him over to the Br…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 5 @ 33:56
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▶ 30:30
by the 428th U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps, a detachment of Nazi hunters based in Rome. Major Leo Pagnotta, the Italian-American who was second in command of the Counterintelligence Corps, was a sharp investigator. He figured out that…
▶ 30:59
During his SS days. Dolman did in fact do that. But Pagnotta. Had not gotten to him first. Making him an offer. He couldn't refuse. If you see. But sorry. Pagnotta had gotten to the chauffeur. And made him an offer. That he couldn't refuse.…
▶ 31:31
He'd be dropped off for a movie. As Dolman was sitting, waiting in the police station holding room, the door suddenly opened and Major Pagnotta walked in. The two men took an immediate dislike to each other. Dolman was predispositioned to l…
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American, Dolman thought. The situation appeared bleak for Dolman. His next stop would be Nuremberg, but he knew that he had an ace up his sleeve. Dolman took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Pagnotta. Please call this …
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In fact, Pagnotta's team of Nazi hunters was headquartered in the same building with Angleton's rival intelligence operation, the Strategic Services Unit X-2 Branch. Pagnotta's counterintelligence army unit was on the first floor, Angleton …
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Pagnotta's aide, William Gowan. Angleton seemed to work more closely with the Brits than he did the army counterparts, because of course he did. Before transferring to Rome in 1944, Angleton had been stationed in London, where his X-2 unit …
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were determined Nazi hunters, but other operatives such as Angleton had very different objectives. The spy versus spy atmosphere made Pagnotta's investigative work extremely complicated. As Pagnotta tracked top Nazi figures in Italy, many o…
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that they were working at cross purposes. One of the most notorious fugitives, SS Captain Carl Haas, H-A-S-S, who had overseen the Cave Massacre, mysteriously escaped every time Pagnotta's team tracked him down and turned him over to the Br…