Polygraph Testing Starts at Pentagon in Chalabi Inquiry

[LittleApple81]

By DAVID JOHNSTON and JAMES RISEN
Published: June 3, 2004
WASHINGTON, June 2 — 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.
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Officials would not identify who has taken polygraph examinations or even who has been interviewed by F.B.I. counterespionage agents. It could not be determined whether anyone has declined to submit to a polygraph test.

No one has been charged with any wrongdoing or identified as a suspect, but officials familiar with the investigation say that they are working through a list of people and are likely to interview senior Pentagon officials.

more at link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/03/politics/03CHAL.html?ex=1087232974&ei=1&en=4aded6f220e03334

[Hubert Flottz]

1. RE: "likely to interview senior Pentagon officials."

A few "bad apples" spoil the whole barrel once again?

[Ganja Ninja]

2. It's reported that Chalabi got the information from someone ...

that was drunk. So shouldn't the investigation start in the White House?

[LittleApple81]

3. That would be too obvious... Or maybe they are looking for other "leaks"

that damage the administration and using this as a cover to be able to use the polygraph. What do you think?