The Bush administration ignored the CIA and helped an Iranian Spy!

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This is just too good.

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-uschal0522,0,4141685.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines

The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that a U.S.-funded arm of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress has been used for years by Iranian intelligence to pass disinformation to the United States and to collect highly sensitive American secrets, according to intelligence sources.

This past SOTU address, Chalabi was a special guest of Mrs. Bush.



Then we have quotes from Richard Perle and Dick Cheney.

"The arguments against Chalabi have been without substance. He is far and away the most effective individual that we could have hoped would emerge in Iraq." - Richard Perle

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/interviews/perle.html

To this day, key policymakers maintain their faith in the Pentagon’s original plan. According to a senior Administration official, not long ago in Washington, Cheney approached Powell, stuck a finger in his chest, and said, “If you hadn’t opposed the I.N.C. and Chalabi, we wouldn’t be in this mess.”

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031124fa_fact1_d

While the CIA was wary of Mr. Chalabi, the Pentagon's Defence Intelligence Agency decided he was reliable.

http://blog.dccc.org/mt/archives/000304.html

Rummy, Perle, and Cheney all endangered American troops by ignoring the CIA and latching on to and Iranian spy who was telling them what they wanted to hear.

Good Job Team Bush!

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Don't forget tonight's CBS News...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/20/iraq/main618637.shtml

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Senior U.S. officials told 60 Minutes Correspondent Lesley Stahl that they have evidence Chalabi has been passing highly-classified U.S. intelligence to Iran.

The evidence shows that Chalabi personally gave Iranian intelligence officers information so sensitive that if revealed it could, quote, "get Americans killed." The evidence is said to be "rock solid."

Sources have told Stahl a high-level investigation is underway into who in the U.S. government gave Chalabi such sensitive information in the first place.

In addition, sources told Stahl that one of Chalabi's closest confidantes — a senior member of his organization, the Iraqi national congress — is believed to have been recruited by Iran's intelligence agency, the Ministry of Information and Security (MOIS) — and is on their payroll.
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3. I hope this takes down BushCo...

Their own arrogance and stupidity helped Iran and endangered American lives.

time for the "unknown brown substance" to hit the fan.

[w13rd0]

2. He's a uniter...

...uniting all of the world against us, and making us PAY FOR IT in the process. We finished what 8 yrs of war between Iraq and Iran could not achieve, on OUR TAXPAYER DIME, toppling a regime Cheney and Rumsfeld PROPPED UP.

My question: at what point do US citizens get to STOP PAYING these insufferable sons a' bitches for FUCKING UP everything they touch? at what point do we get to stop paying stupid white men to make mistakes? TAXPAYER MONEY went to FINISH IRANS WAR with the people we were FUNDING AT THAT TIME to fight the Iranains.

CONGRATULATIONS RUMMY & CHENEY! You've actually successfully executed a war in which you DEFEATED YOURSELF. HAHAHAHAAH. You know the old cliche about arms dealers selling arms to both sides in a conflict? Here we have the arms dealers not only selling them the arms, but paying for both sides of the transaction with US MONEY AND BLOOD! Let the DIA float this, it's BAD anyway you slice it.

[killbotfactory]

6. Three cheers for Dick!

The arrogant twit who got punk'd by Iran and endangered us all.

[DEMVET-USMC]

15. Except for the Bush Family: War Profiteers since Hitler began

his take over of Germany in the 1920`s and well after The U.S. entry into the war against the Nazis. They were selling weapons and war material to Adolph Hitler himself. How long is our Nation going to take this crap from this clan of traitors and war profiteers ? ...OSCAR

[Alerter_]

4. Was Chalabi playing the Israelis too?

http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10452

As the United States begins rebuilding Iraq, pro-Israel activists are watching closely, seeing an opportunity for the Jewish state to improve ties with another Arab neighbor.

Much of that hope has been placed in the hands of Ahmed Chalabi, a leader of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) opposition group, who has forged strong ties with the White House and the Pentagon in recent years — and has built a strong following in the American Jewish community.

"There’s no track record of anyone else in Iraqi leadership having a relationship with the Jewish community," said Tom Neumann, executive director of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA).

Chalabi’s group has been assigned to help U.S. troops impose order in Baghdad — a sign, some argue, that the INC is favored to play a large role in any interim government the United States forms in Iraq. However, the INC is not universally liked within the Bush administration. Reports stress that the State Department and the CIA are concerned about the INC’s lack of popular support in Iraq.

...

Michael Amitay, executive director of the Washington Kurdish Institute, said Jewish groups might run into problems by working only with Chalabi and Entifadh Qanbar, director of the INC’s Washington office, because the organization does not have strong support in Iraq, where there are numerous opposition groups.

Perceived Jewish support for Chalabi could "drive a wedge between Chalabi and other forces in the Iraqi opposition," said Amitay, whose father, Morris Amitay, is vice chairman of JINSA’s board of directors. Calling the Jewish approach "shortsighted," Michael Amitay said it would be "much more helpful if Jewish groups reached out to other groups, such as the Kurds," as well.

Qanbar disputed that claim. He said Jewish groups have been among the first to form an alliance with the INC, because they realize support for the organization is growing within the Bush administration.

"Jewish groups have a strong understanding of American politics," he said. "It’s an indication that there is a new phase of policy."

Some also worry that Chalabi’s good words won’t translate into a pro-Israel foreign policy. Pressure to garner support from inside Iraq and the rest of the Arab world could force the INC to abandon its pro-Israel position.

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5. Oh man...

Iran and Chalabi totally played these idiots.

[Renew Deal]

7. Problem is that we are all the idiots.

Bushco represent us.

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8. Yep. These neocon idiots were conned by Iran into doing their bidding..

We used our blood and money to finish the Iran/Iraq war for them, now they get to take power in Iraq through their Shia influences.



Thanks Neocons, you fucking morons.

[Renew Deal]

9. That's a great point!

[DEMVET-USMC]

13. And these Neo-con Chumps used a lot of taxpayer money to pay the

scheming Bastard to do it. Todays " Boston Globe " May 21, 2004 had some great photos of Chalabi with many, the best was him sitting behind Laura Bush during Boy George`s 2004 State of the Union Speach. ...Oscar

[troublemaker]

11. His only big promise

was that *his* Iraq would recognize Israel. That was why his stooges here and abroad never lost faith in him.

[troublemaker]

10. The MEME is loose!

This story really hurts. The "it was all an Iranian trick" meme has the facile, cynical and all-encompassing quality that typifies the conventional wisdom.

New Bumper Sticker in Tehran:THANK GOD FOR THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

This is the one thing Bush cannot survive. Being a dupe of the axis of evil. Americans know he's a dope, but they've always thought of him as OUR dope.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. "Treason!" he cried.

[Zorra]

14. Hey, Congress: Impeach Bu$h. He is incompetent and unfit for office.