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Intelligence Agency Laugh Test

Alright, this is just too good to not put up. Straight from an article in the New York Times.


First some quick background information Chalabi is the guy who the US relied on for almost all of their pre war intelligence. He was the actual first choice for prime Minster or president, by many of the US government ‘Hawks’ (neo cons). He was formerly already considered guilty of embezzlement and other criminal charges in other parts of the world and fell out of favour with the CIA after they considered him ‘untrustworthy’. Anyway, he has fallen out of favour again with the current administration due to the possibility that he might have leaked information. That should be enough information, now read this bit:


"Government officials say they started the investigation of Pentagon officials after learning that Mr. Chalabi had told the Baghdad station chief of Iran's intelligence service that the United States was reading their communications. Mr. Chalabi, American officials say, gave the information to the Iranians about six weeks ago, apparently because he wanted to ensure that his secret conversations with the Iranians were not revealed to the Americans.

But the Iranian official apparently did not immediately believe Mr. Chalabi, because he sent a cable back to Tehran detailing his conversation with Mr. Chalabi, American officials said. That cable was intercepted and read by the United States, the officials said."


Amazing, isn’t it? For once I agree with Perle, who said that this doesn’t pass the ‘Laugh Test’. It would mean that one of the top intelligence officials of the Iran would be a completely twit. Hard to believe, considering some of the other evidence out there (concerning the Iranian spy and all that) all right, I’ll leave you with that, enjoy.

posted by Symbol @ 3.6.04