Again I admit that much of this is heading into "tinfoil hat" territory.. however it's not just the unprofessional conduct of the group who abducted Abu Omar, it's the political ramifications of why the American gov't wouldn't inform the Italians, especially since the US knew for a fact the Italians had this man under close surveillance.

In other words, there are two mysterious components to this case:

1. Why his abduction was handled so unprofessionally; and
   
2. Why it was handled so poorly at the political level, esp between two key allies

I can't say the DSSA did this because I have no idea who did it.  But I sourced two CIA people who said that the agency doesn't operate that way.

Pax

Night and day you can find me Flogging the Simian