Di Stefano has NO convictions and that was made clear and conceded by the CPS at the Van Hoogstraten hearings in 2002. He is a man of good character according to the transcripts. The Crown did not challenge that at all because once a conviction is quashed one becomes again of good character and in any court of law one is not permitted to mention a conviction that was subsequently quashed. We have seen his certificate in Italy that he is of no previous conviction and not under investigation. We have been in touch, under the Freedom of Information, with the Department of Justice in Washington and Di Stefano has never been charged, tried or convicted of either a felony or misdemenour in the US. In fact in Iraq he is protected more than any other person by the US Military. He is permitted incredible access to documents and detainees including so called 'high risk terrorist' which if he was anything other than what he states he is would simply not be possible. We have not quite understood actually who or what Di Stefano does but he has been involved in a number of 'situations' which people end up either dead, jailed, and he continues his work. There will be a book on his life published in Italy (unauthorised) which may shed light on many aspects. But to say he is anything other than of good character and a lawyer will only detract from the real object of discovering who or what he actually does.