Chalabi betrayed US code-breaking success

[winterbadger]

from the BBC

A former ally of the US in Iraq, Ahmed Chalabi, told Iran that Washington had cracked codes used by Tehran's spy network, US media reports say.

(snip)

Mr Chalabi was once seen by the White House as a possible Iraqi leader, but the relationship has soured badly.

One can understand why.

Comments

Re: More Curious(er)

[robbysmom.livejournal.com]

oh, certainly: NRO and WSJ in their editorial pieces are absolutely rabidly pro-Chalabi and anti-CIA and often FBI. It tracks well with what oen reads in _Plan of Attack_ about fissures of views between neocons and cons in the adminsitration (which meshes with the "sibling rivalries" between federal agencies). I donm't think is news, per se, but it does lay out some contours of opinion.

Posted within the last hour is this Chicago Sun Times piece, which appears to include original reporting, as well as nods to the work of other news agencies.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/iran02.html