Biagio Agnes, chairman of Italian state telecommunications holding company STET SpA, facing investigation as part of a probe into state broadcaster RAI, of which he used to be the director-general, for allegedly using RAI cash to improve security at his house, says ingeniously that The work was done for security reasons and needed to be kept confidential – for that reason it was made to look as if it had been done elsewhere: his decision shows touching faith in the efficacy of the Italian state security establishment and it was very public-spirited of him to set himself up as an apparant sitting target so that when the terrorists came to get him, they could be caught in flagrante delicto – or maybe not…
