An update on yesterday's post:
The New York Post (yeah, it's the Post, but they have neocon access and might be right on this) claims that Jordan provided the intelligence linking Chalabi to Iran. Given that Jordan really doesn't like Chalabi, any intelligence on him from them is going to be highly questionable and must be checked out very carefully. The article doesn't mention the later allegations that Chalabi was passing false intel from Iran to US, only the earlier one that he was passing stuff from the US to Iran. However, it stands to reason that the Jordanian packet included information on this as well.
Joshua Micah Marshall brings up additional background on Chalabi intelligence chief Aras Karim, who may have been the more serious target of the raid.
Chalabi claims that the CIA is out to get him. Later in the article he denies that the INC provided any information to the United States, but only provided defectors, blaming the US for believing them.
Iran denies receiving any US intelligence from Chalabi. The Guardian also has a story.
A sidenote: According to Chalabi's lawyers, the troops raiding his house didn't bother to get a warrant (41st paragraph (6th from bottom)), though this is disputed by Iraqi officials (33rd paragraph).
The Ironic Times, of all places, scooped the story that General Taguba has been transferred to a different post. The story's legit, though who knows what it means.
While on the subject of Abu Ghraib... As reported in the Guardian, the Washington Post got their hands on a memo from General Sanchez authorizing military intelligence to conduct torture without his approval, though the Post itself doesn't seem to have a story on the matter according to Google. This contradicts Sanchez's testimony to Congress that written approval from him was necessary before any torture could be applied to prisoners. Making this more interesting, Abu Ghraib defendant Sergeant Ivan Frederick claims that Sanchez watched over some of the torture.
Posted by Warrior Tang at May 23, 2004 04:37 PM