NYT: F.B.I. Begins Polygraph Tests in Chalabi Inquiry

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/03/politics/03CHAL.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&position=

Federal investigators have begun administering polygraph examinations to civilian employees at the Pentagon to determine who may have disclosed highly classified intelligence to Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi who authorities suspect turned the information over to Iran, government officials said Wednesday.

The polygraph examinations, which are being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, are focused initially on a small number of Pentagon employees who had access to the information that was compromised. American intelligence officials have said that Mr. Chalabi informed Iran that the United States had broken the secret codes used by Iranian intelligence to transmit confidential messages to posts around the world.

Mr. Chalabi has denied the charge. On Wednesday, his lawyers made public a letter they said they had sent to Attorney General John Ashcroft and F.B.I. Director Robert S. Mueller III repeating Mr. Chalabi's denials and demanding that the Justice Department investigate the disclosure of the accusations against Mr. Chalabi.

The lawyers, John J. E. Markham II and Collette C. Goodman, said in the letter, "The charges made against Dr. Chalabi — both the general and the specific ones are false."

They also said, "We ask that you undertake an immediate investigation to find and hold accountable those who are responsible for these false leaks."

[frank frankly]

1. you beat me to it by seconds! nice catch, rmpalmer!

Hey Bushco! Didn't anybody ever tell you not to ratfuck the CIA?

Outing an undercover CIA agent and everyone she ever worked with was a big mistake. The spooks love their anonymity.

The End of BushCo has begun in full. Lots of news today!

[Fridays Child]

2. Who's on the short list for a polygraph? Hmm...

Rumsfeld, Cambone, Feith, Wolfowitz, Perle?

Like that would ever happen. :eyes:

[Just Me]

7. Rumsfeld, Cambone, Feith, Wolfowitz, Perle, Woosley = civilian!! n/t

[NNN0LHI]

3. kick

[Disturbed]

5. CIA a Terrorist Group

I sure wouldn't wanna be on their shit list!

[Don_G]

4. They Could Save A Lot Of Time

By starting with Dimwit and working their way down the list.

[frank frankly]

6. kick

:kick:

[JPZenger]

8. Its probably a short list

In 1941, when the U.S. broke Japanese codes, there were only about 10 people who were allowed to see the messages - the Secretary of War, the President, the Chief of Naval Operations, etc. A few more technical people were involved in the transcriptions.

Of the people that had knowledge, only a few probably had any contact with Chalabi. The number of suspects should be a short list.

[Cocoa]

9. is this just a big show?

is there any reason to trust Ashcroft or Mueller to do any kind of investigation that could possibly damage Bush?

Now, the CIA's investigation is another matter...