The dossier was passed to the United States via a journalist for the Panorama weekly, who left it at the US embassy in Rome, and it was delivered to the French intelligence services by Rocco Martino.

The SISMI had no role in the fabrication of the dossier on the sale of Niger uranium to Saddam Hussein 's regime.

On the contrary, from the start we shared the confusion of other intelligence agencies about the dossier, until we declared it was not credible.

The patent is related to making and selling things in the United States. But if you one master CD in the U.S. and the rest overseas, the master CD is very significant. The court can consider the effect of related activities outside the country. If as a result, the infringing company profited, it's settled law that you can get damages caused by that infringement.

There [are] absolutely no plans to file for bankruptcy. This is a $4 billion enterprise in the United States and it will remain in business serving clients despite defections.

Let me say optimistically that we should have a deal with the United States quite soon, as well.