MSNBC: Chalabi: A Questionable Use of U.S. Funding

[grytpype]

Wow! The General Accounting Office is investigating Chalabi! Better late than never I suppose. And you'll NEVER GUESS who was the mastermind behind this move... you'll have to read the article, I redacted the name...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4615823/

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NEWSWEEK has learned that the General Accounting Office, Congress's investigative arm, is opening a probe into the INC's use of U.S. government money the group received in 2001 and 2002. The issue under scrutiny is not whether Chalabi prodded America into a war on false pretenses; it is whether he used U.S. taxpayer dollars and broke U.S. laws or regulations to do so. Did Chalabi and the INC violate the terms of their funding by using U.S. money to sell the public on its anti-Saddam campaign and to lobby Congress?

The investigation could easily become a political football. The GAO inquiry was requested by {REDACTED}. A March 3 letter from the senators says the INC's use of U.S. money is "troubling."

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Oh, by the way, those GAO guys don't putz around. I wonder how this is going down in the White House? Maybe somebody is gonna have to pay a visit to those GAO mopes and tell 'em who's who and what's what!

[Kagemusha]

1. Yeah, to tell them that separation of powers means they have no

jurisdiction.

It worked before.

[TinaTyson]

2. Sweet. He's going for the throat!

And then Plame affair for the big conclusion?

[grytpype]

3. Hmmm... your kung fu is good, Grasshopper.

[grytpype]

4. Drudge is reporting that the Plame investigation...

Drudge is reporting that the Plame investigation is expanding!

[grannylib]

5. This guy is just another example of the BushCo being in bed with the wrong

people; the WH relied on his 'intelligence' and believed that our troops would be welcomed with open arms; he just wanted to be put back into power, and hey presto, he's the #2 guy on the council now, so it worked out swell.