tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post108619652177813907..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: ChalabiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1086576298880549542004-06-06T19:44:00.000-07:002004-06-06T19:44:00.000-07:00I may be a little late to the party, but I have t...I may be a little late to the party, but I have to comment anyway. I have been told by Arab friends that everyone in the Arab world knew Chalabi was a con. Only the US didn’t know, is what they say. I saw Chalabi on Frontline back in Feb. (I think) and it took me all over 20 seconds to figure out he was a con artist. Talk about a slimy guy. So I have a very hard time believing that decision makers really believed Chalabi. He told them what they wanted to hear. Whether he could be believed or not was irrelevant.<br /><br />What I am surprised about, Raised by Republicans, is that you haven’t jumped on the news that GW has hired James Sharp as his attorney in case he gets a subpoena from the Grand jury investigating the Valerie Palme scandal. I refer you to http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20040604.htmlThat little coal has been quietly simmering for months now. Sharpe is independently wealthy due to the oil industry. Oh, did I mention he is a criminal defense attorney? What does that tell you? If you ain’t got nothin’ to hide, why the lawyer? And to further thicken the plot, Cheney has also sought outside counsel. So there are all sorts of things floating around just waiting to become campaign fodder. I wonder what Lawyer Guy thinks of all this buzz!USWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058471452288827920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1086278633891576052004-06-03T09:03:00.000-07:002004-06-03T09:03:00.000-07:00It may not be related but CIA Director, George Ten...It may not be related but CIA Director, George Tenent, just resigned. Tenet's name has come up as a prominent opponent of Chalabi and his role as a source of US intelligence. Chalabi accuses Tenet of making up accusations about him. Let's see if there are any leaks about why Tenet resigned...Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1086218719808776562004-06-02T16:25:00.000-07:002004-06-02T16:25:00.000-07:00We will see. You're right to be skeptical. I did...We will see. You're right to be skeptical. I didn't make any postings on this subject until it had been around for a few days. Things like this often pop up and then turn out to be little more than rumors. But its been a while and the story is getting more and more detailed instead of fading away. I think this story is "behaving" like real news.<br /><br />I don't put any level of incompetent boobery past this administration. I can easily see someone like Feith or Wolfowitz who were big backers of Chalabi and his cousin "curve ball" having a martini too many and bragging about how we're reading the Iranian's mail. <br /><br />A couple of years ago, I was at the point where I would say, "Oh, that's rediculous, I don't like this administration but they are rational competent people..." I'm about a year past thinking that now.Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1086213355280119532004-06-02T14:55:00.000-07:002004-06-02T14:55:00.000-07:00Funny, I actually thought most of this was made up...Funny, I actually thought most of this was made up. In fact, I still think that what he did was either not that bad, or, alternatively, that he passed nothing on to the Iranians. I think it's all a cover story to give DoD a reason to take him off the VIP list at next year's state of the union.<br /><br />As for getting drunk with the Big Boys, I doubt it. Probably some lower level goon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com