"This info was not leaked. It was discovered by the Italians because the CIA officers involved were incompetent."
Yup. On the other hand, it appears that the Italians were quite competent at tracking the activities of foreign nationals on their soil.
Sadly, we're not so good at that in this country, it seems. People come here on tourist visas and just disappear into the woodwork.
Check into a hotel in most European countries, and the clerk records your passport number. Very useful for the authorities.
Here, nobody records anything, except maybe the clock radio camera in your room, and that's not the cops.
When all is said and done Abu Omar is currently off the streets and being tortured in an Egyptian prison. Something that wouldn't be happening if we had decided to appease the Italians.