Unnamed officials speaking to the New York Times questioned whether Bureau of Diplomatic Security officials had the authority to offer such deals - making thelegalvalidity of the offers unclear.
He added that the Supreme Court should not have accepted the case in the first place because the Washington court had already ruled on the law's legalvalidity and asked the legislature to draft a narrower statute.
He directed his trustees to vigorously fight anyone who contested his wishes, and he considered any type of legal challenge to thevalidity of the documents as an affront to his wishes.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has made clear that her country does not recognise the referendum, insisting it has no legalvalidity.
Though legal questions remain, such as thevalidity of trials in absentia, American officials would be wise to heed the Italian court's message that those who violate the law will be called to answer.
It is hard to be sure how many men have more than one wife in Turkey, because second marriages have no legal validity offspring from a second wife are usually registered under the name of the first.