To clarify, these items were from the burglary in January 2001 of the Niger Embassy in Rome. Cannistraro's argument that it was Ledeen falls apart because the Italians (SISME) did not forge the documents and that is backed up by Martino's statements that he was employed by the French. Ledeen also issued a public denial and asked for an apology from Cannistraro. Also, one premise of Cannistraro's argument is that Ledeen was in Rome in Dec 2001. Well, Cannistraro was in Rome in Nov 2001, so doesn't that make him just as suspect? Then there is the curious factor about how the two people Cannistraro fingered for the actual forgeries...both of them, Alan Wolf and Duane Clarridge, worked with Aldrich Ames, the guy who outed Plame in the 90's. Coincidence? I think not. I have suspected Cannistraro for a long time, just a bad feeling I have about him, he's trying waaay too hard to point the finger in the wrong direction...unfortunately for him, he has three fingers pointing right back at himself.
“I know [Wilson] very well also,” said Diatta. “And you know, something very strange—when he(Wilson) went to Niger in February 2002, I was myself in Niger and we had a meeting in my house and we spoke about this matter.