[woodpusher]

You have a bunch of the basic claims wrong and have ignored the substantial amount of other newer evidence that supports the affidavit.

There is no affidavit. It is just a piece of paper in which a lawyer purportedly says an army official conveyed hearsay to him alleging things about a third party.

I, Prof Alfio D’Urso, Advocate/Lawyer, of Via Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, 95131 Italy, do hereby provide the following affidavit of facts as conveyed in several meetings with a high level army security services official:

Not meetings with D'Elia but with some unnamed army official who conveyed hearsay. It's junk.

[Dr. Franklin]

There is no affidavit. It is just a piece of paper in which a lawyer purportedly says an army official conveyed hearsay to him alleging things about a third party.

Plainly, it is an affidavit from an Italian lawyer about what he witnessed in the federal court room in Rome. If you knew anything about the Italian justice system, you would know that it is known for being very slow. It's the slowest in Europe. D'Urso provided an affidavit since it is faster than waiting for the court transcripts.

Not meetings with D'Elia but with some unnamed army official who conveyed hearsay. It's junk.

No, D'Elia, himself, is the "high level army security services official". Do note that D'Elia is not an army official, but one who provides services to the Italian army. In the U.S. we would usually call such a person a civilian employee of a military contractor. The author of the affidavit is not an American, is not a native speaker of English, and, likely learned a more British variant of English. (British English is more popular in Europe.) That doesn't negate anything he stated. The Italian legal system may have different laws about hearsay, than what exists in the U.S., where hearsay is routinely admitted into evidence in court.