"But, apparently, now that Chalabi is a power player in Iraq, all appears forgiven. At least around the White House. The rest of us, on the other hand, would do well to remember that this is still the guy who:
- was a prime source of trumped up claims about Saddam's WMD
- bamboozled the Bushies while pocketing $340,000 a month from the US government
- tried to sabotage the UN's efforts to put in place an interim government in Iraq
- helped the White House Iraq Group sell the war by regularly passing faulty intel to Judy Miller
- introduced Curveball, another bogus source on WMD, to the intelligence community
- was accused of spying for the Iranians
- controlled a group of thugs accused of fraud, torture, kidnapping, and misuse of U.S. funds
- was convicted in abstentia of embezzling millions of dollars in Jordan in the 1980s"
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead (Mostly what other say will be in italics, what I say will not. There will be occasions when this is messed up or forgotten, but generally it will true- for those keeping track of the opining vs the reporting!)
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
First Judy....
...now Ahmad. Seems like ALL the disgraced neo-con punks are aiming for comebacks. As Arianna points out:
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