Reply #25: This all seems rather suspicious [View All]

[daleo]

1 - U.S. mystery man tells Chalabi the Iranian code has been broken.
2 - Chalabi tells Iranian mystery man Iranian code has been broken.
3 - Iranian mystery man uses broken code to tell Iranians that Iranian code has been broken.
4 - U.S. now knows that Iran has been told that Iranian code has been broken, and Chalabi has been compromised for later.

There is plenty of scope for a John Le Carre novel here.

- the whole thing was a setup to test Chalabi, and get goods on him for later.
- the whole thing was a setup to locate a double agent (Iranian mystery man or American mystery man)
- Iranians already knew their code had been broken, and the the U.S. thought they knew the Iranians knew, so this was a test of that theory.

I would vote for the first one. Had Chalabi actually ever got to be leader of Iraq, the U.S. would have already compromised him as a spy to ensure his loyalty. Now, it is convenient way to get rid of someone who has outgrown his usefulness.