Officials: Chalabi Gave Secrets to Iran (FBI Investigating)

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON - The FBI (news - web sites) is investigating who in the U.S. government leaked information to former Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi that made its way into the hands of the Iranian government, potentially damaging American efforts to monitor Tehran's activities, government officials said Wednesday.



The officials, who would speak only on condition of anonymity because the information remained classified, said the U.S. government has evidence that Chalabi or his followers told Iran that Washington had cracked some of it secret codes for transmitting sensitive information. In Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Chalabi told The Associated Press that the reports he leaked such information to Iran are "false" and "stupid."


"Where would I get this from?" Chalabi asked. "I have no such information. How would I know anything about that? That's stupid from every aspect."


Chalabi and other Shiite Muslim figures are in Najaf to try to shore up a cease-fire between U.S. troops and radical Shiite militiamen.


In Washington, the official speaking on condition of anonymity said that a raid last month on Chalabi's home inside Iraq was conducted to determine how the leader of the Iraqi National Congress got the information and whom he shared it with. The FBI is already trying to determine if someone in the U.S. government gave the information to Chalabi, which would be a criminal offense for leaking highly classified material, the official said.

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[GreenGreenLimaBean]

1. Why don't they put Chalabi in Abu Ghraib?

I think he would talk after a little feces is rubbed over his body.

[mom cat]

2. Yea. And we also had evidence of nukes and germs etc.