Chalabi Denies Accusations of Passing U.S. Intelligence to Iran

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Chalabi said the CIA, which had viewed his group with skepticism for years, was trying to discredit him.

"Let Mr. Tenet come to Congress and I'm prepared to come there and lay out all the facts and all the documents that we have and let Congress decide whether this is true or whether they are being misled by George Tenet," Chalabi said referring to the CIA director.

Chalabi denied that U.S. officials shared classified information with him. "We shared classified information with them. They gave us no classified information at any time," he told ABC.

Chalabi said he believed the Bush administration had turned on him because he opposed the U.S.-led occupation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49516-2004May23.html

Ahmad Chalabi says the U-S government didn't listen to him in the first place, and now it's trying to smear him.

The Iraqi Governing Council member is denying allegations that he's been passing U-S secrets to Iran.

He tells the morning talk shows he's never passed classified information to Iraq -- partly because he's never even seen a classified U-S document, or been given a classified U-S briefing.

Chalabi accuses C-I-A director George Tenet of spreading false information about him -- because Chalabi says his people were right and the C-I-A was wrong in assessing the pre-war and war situations in Iraq.
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We gave no information about weapons of mass destruction, we introduced the U.S. government agencies to defectors at the request of the U.S. government agencies -- three defectors," Chalabi told ABC.

"It was up to them to analyze this (information), and the responsibility for reporting to the president after analyzing the information is not mine," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20040523_85.html

[acmavm]

1. Oh my God, why isn't this man in jail? He says he 'opposed' the US

led occupation? How frigging stupid does he think we are? Is he trying to make himself into some sort of martyr for the Iraqi people? This is just play acting to try to give himself some crediblity with the Iraqi people.

And as for not giving any intelligence to bush* & Co. on WMDs, WTF? He just introduced three people to the neo-cons? Is he trying to insinuate that he didn't know what they would say? Isn't he related to Curveball?

This is just Twilight Zone bullshit.

But he does have one issue that would really make interesting reading. What 'intelligence' was he supposed to have turned over to Iran? And where the hell did he get it? Now there's something inquiring minds like mine would LOVE to know.

[Vickers]

2. He denies it? Welp, that's good enough for me.

I mean, he wouldn't lie about something like that, would he?

Love,

Georgie Bush

[Cleita]

3. Well, I just heard Chalabi being interviewed on CNN.

I was surprised no one had put up a thread on it. I am waiting for the transcript and will put it up if no one else does. Chalabi doesn't make the administration look good. Senator Chuck Hagel is on with Sentator Dianne Feinstein 'splaning it all to Wolfie right now.

Something interesting though. Hagel admitted he hasn't talked to Bush in two years kinda making him look like he won't put on the neo-con jack boots. He seems to be very critical of the Administration for a Repuke.

[RedSock]

4. challenged tenet to bring docs before congress

"We never provided any classified information from the U.S. to Iran, and neither I nor anyone in the INC. And that is a charge being put out by George Tenet," Chalabi said on CNN's "Late Edition."

"I say, let him bring all his charges, all his documents. We also will bring all our charges and all our documents to the U.S. Congress, and let Congress have hearings and resolve this issue. We believe that the Congress is the place to resolve this issue, and I think our record will be cleared," he said.