Good call, indeed. Thanks, Steve, for keeping the information flowing!

Good. This fraud should rot in jail. He and Cheney and the neo-cons should all rot in jail. He is one part of why the fraud called the Iraq War was sold to many of the American people. He was lying through his teeth when he talked about his sources knowing where Saddam's weapons were and saying that he had a lot of them and that they were deadly. He is a fraud. Cheney and the neo-cons are one of the other parts. The knew he was a fraud, but they used his intelligence anyway because it provided them with their excuse to go to war with Iraq. It was what they wanted to hear. They committed treason by doing this and this is VERY serious. They deliberately mislead Congress and the American people based on information that they knew to be fraudulent. All of these clowns should be locked away.

THANK YOU.
ceo93@hotmail.com

Yay!

Big question: WHEN? If the news conf is for next week, I withdraw my Yay.

did anyone get cindy sheehan a ticket to the AEI conference - to perhaps ask dirty chalabi about the lives that cost her son his life?

Wow. Interesting.

Does their calling for a subpoena mean that he'll definitely be subpoenaed?

Take Him!

Who has subpoenaing power to do this? Subpoena to present himself before a congressional committee, such as SSCI? This is probably only an effective stunt to throw the spotlight on another varmint in our midst.

Can't Chalabi claim diplomatic immunity, or sovereign immunity, as a high official of a foreign government?

Yeah, I know that didn'twork for Noreiga, but Chalabi's got the Bush Admin covering for him.

Steve Clemons: you are the zinger! Congrats on all this. You are a one man hurricane. I know you always give credit to those around you who make the hurricane big and tough, but jesus, you make stuff happen!! I am excited about politics again, and even though you say gratuitously nice things about Repubs on occasion, you are best. I have my whole community and friends reading, and we are just amazed at how you just decide to take on something, and you really do it in the most gentlemanly way, and then holy cow, everything happens. You are a twister dude, and we are darned lucky to have you in our midst cooking the people who need to be cooked. Thanks from some of us regular folks who have become addicted.

I just hope this Chalabi controversy and the election loss in Virginia won’t distract President Cheney from his mission to keep the world safe for US torture.

Please let the torture ban be the first bill Bush vetoes, please... your place in history demands it.

There is no way that Bush's zookeepers will allow Chalabi to be supoenaed, interrogated, indicted or punished. The man simply knows too much, is too shrewd, and has undoubtedly compiled a library of damning evidence against everyone from Miller, on up through Feith, WHIQ, the OSP, AIPAC, the AEI, the CPA, Bremer, all the way up through to Cheney's lap.

(Forget Bush, Bush is merely a caged monkey.)

I abhor the concept, practice, and advocation of torture, and am well aware that science tells us it is an ineffective tool in gaining credible intelligence. But good God, if Cheney REALLY wants to get off by exercising the tittilating application of absolute power, can't he at least pick abominations like Chalabi as the object of his bizzarre and perverse pursuits????

CNN is on standby to cover a Bush news conference concerning the Asian earthquake crisis. News conference is scheduled to pre-empt any possible cable breaking news of Chalabis tumultuous entrance into AEI.

CNN is on standby to cover a Bush news conference concerning the Asian earthquake crisis. News conference is scheduled to pre-empt any possible cable breaking news of Chalabis tumultuous entrance into AEI.

Posted by rover

Well, its about time that he reacted to that tragic event. Brownie has always wanted to see Pakistan,(I mean, we might as well make him EARN the 148 thou a year we stuff in his bank account) and besides, Condi is itchin' for a new pair of shoes.

BBC - Reports of explosion at major hotel in Jordanian capital.

This event corresponds with Chalabi walking through the portals at AEI.

What frightens me is that Chalabi supposedly went to Iran before coming to the US.

What will he tell Bush, Cheney, et.al.? Will we go to war with Iran over something Chalabi tells them?

Be afraid, be very afraid.

2nd best thing to a "citizen's arrest"

"As the clock winds down on this cabal's mishaps, our Earth allies ready themselves in the interim to take control of the American government"

NYT and Judy Miller part ways.
See NYT website.

Chalabi is large, golden, untouchable. Who can bring him down? He has Dick on his team. I'd like to know what the US got for the 300k per month Chalabi hosed them for. This guy goes from wanted criminal for spying on the US to the DPM of Iraq in charge of the oil!!!!! What are they, the 3rd largest reserves in the world? Oh, and today he is the toast of Washington. Did I mention how many billions of dollars were spent, or maybe how many thousands of lives were senselessly stolen in Iraq in part because of his doing?

Take Him!

So, in the end, what happened? Nothing?! Is Chalabi sipping wine this very minute?!

Take Him!

Or, God damn you, you leave it up to New York, and we shall Take Him then, by God!

heads up -- just heard on hardball that tomorrow's program is going to have a segment on chalabi.

I just heard a bit of what Chalabi said at AEI -- something along the lines of it is "an urban myth" that he "deliberately misled" the Bush administration about WMD. Hm. Perhaps he's telling us that they did it together. The only folks deliberately misled were out here in the country...

ceo93 ---
when u say " ... This fraud should rot in jail. "

do you mean a jail like Gitmo? .. or possibly, in one of those CIA-run detention centers? Might Chalabi be labeled as a white-collar enemy combantant?

I just posted on my blog a few minutes ago about a very interesting article I ran across in Asharq al-Awsat (the well-known London-based Arabic newspaper) about Chalabi's trip to Tehran last weekend. It looks like he may be colluding with Ahmedinejad against some of the other Iraqi Shi'ite politicians and Ayatollah Sistani.

Neocons Getting Punk'd by Chalabi?

Chalebi says, it's an urban myth that he deliberately misled America, although it would be the absolute truth if Chalabi didn't have the administration in his back pocket since he has the goods on them if they do not do what he says.

New York! do your duty. He still walks free and unbloodied.

How dare he walk in our country unharmed.

Take the Fat Bastard! Make it an eternal urban myth where he lies.

New York arise like only you can and beat this evilone to a bloody pulp!

Chalabi go home now, before you can't.

A young DC blogger gets into the Chalabi speech at AEI and shares with us his close encounter with Ahmad and his pal Christopher Hitchens.

http://kris.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/chalabi_in_dc.html

How dare he be given a forum to speak, how dare they insult us all. Take him, Torture him. Go back before you will never be able to. Wilding insane crowd on Friday in NY. If you're a pacifist, watch on TV, do not come, you'll be in the way. Let's put all our pent up righteous wrath on Chalabi's head on Friday, if he gets away let it be in an ambulance.

DON'T YOU DARE COME TO NYC. GO AWAY NOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU. WE WILL HAVE OUR WAY WITH YOU.

I wonder who got the AEI to invite Chalabi and why? Are his patrons still calling the shots in Washington? Anyway, I understand that he’s cultivating “indigenous” Iraqi Shiite groups, especially Moktada al-Sadr, who expect to replace the expatriates now in power. Their calculation is that those with the current regime will not survive the next elections because of their failure to provide security, jobs, etc., and their association with the occupation. Chalabi doesn’t have political roots in Iraq (despite some media reports to the contrary), and he apparently is trying to impress al-Sadr and others with his foreign connections.

Mustafa

In Washington today:

"The usual protesters–about as many as there were TV reporters covering them–were in evidence, with masks of Bush, Cheney and Rice, a “Chalabi Lied, Innocents Died” sign, and a megaphone."

"The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on."

"A single counter-protester stood across the street holding an Iraqi flag."

WHAT A FUCKING DISGRACE.

NYC MOBILISE FOR THE SHOCK OF CHALABI'S LIFE

THE WORLD IS WATCHING!

Chalabi mocks all the American people with his presence! Why do you let this happen.

I'm an American, I have a very limp dick with all that has happened lately. I can't muster much to resist what's happening. I am ruled.

Look. Maybe you guys oughta chill out and not get so worked up cause you ain't gonna do nothing anyway. All talk. The blog people are all talk. When it comes to gettin' off your ass in front of the computer, you don't make it out the door. All you wanna do is watch and spout off. You'll never physically mount anything of any import. you are eunuchs, emasculated by your screens. And 15 schmucks showed up today in front of AEI. An embarrassment to the whole country. Shame.

Breaking News: We must bring some of the disaffected French Youths to NYC and concentrate their angst against Chalabi. WE can do this, as some sort of cultural exchange. Tommorrow, one hundred French youths must be recruited to do in the street in NYC when Chalabi appears what we a too pussified to do. Give to each $500 and a free round trip ticket on a chartered plane. We can do this! We are the greatest country in the world! We can pay for out dissidents if we are too meek to do it ourselves.

God Bless America!

There were more than 15 protesters in Washington. I'd say there were about 35, but they didn't make the cut as far as being in the least intimidating. Actually I laughed and went home, not wanting to be part of a disgrace. I was deeply ashamed for what I saw and afterwards recounting how I acted. It seems that people don't come out on to street anymore and raise hell when things are badly out of sorts in the country. Nobody cares if they are comfortable waiting for others to give'em what for while watching on TV, so nothing gets done. Sad state of affairs. Glad resistance to Bolton didn't depend on mobilisation. He woulda waltzed in scot free. I feel terrible.

...... It looks like he may be colluding with Ahmedinejad against some of the other Iraqi Shi'ite politicians and Ayatollah Sistani.

Neocons Getting Punk'd by Chalabi?

Posted by Greg Priddy

That would be the carrot that he will be waving in Bush's face. The neocons never intended for Sistani to rise to power, and it is the Israeli's worst nightmare. It is only through the ineptitude of Bremer in making such a botch job of attempting to privatize the Iraqi assets that Sistani was able to throw a wrench in the original designs. If Chalabi can convince Bush's handlers that he has a plan to mitigate Sistani's influence and power, than we will once again see these bastards feeding Chalabi caviar, American tax dollars, and more American BLOOD. These are the slimiest most corrupt most evil sons of bitches that have EVER soiled the rugs in the Presidential mansion. The arrogance and the blatant disdain they show for the reputation and the credibility of our nation is an appalling display of of the old saying..."power corrupts".

I watched a bit on CSPAN. He was very regretfull over the loss of American lives. But I didn't hear anything from him about the Iraqi lives lost. How sad.

Will, thanks for considering to join the Chalabi protest (even if you didn't). Out of curiosity - what did you see that was a disgrace and that made you feel ashamed?

I'm surprised that this bloated, corrupt fuck even has the nerve to show his fat face around Washington, DC long after it's been conclusively proven that everything he and his drunkard "source" Curveball ever told us was a bald-faced lie. We've been had by a fugitive who already reeked of the odor of corruption and dishonesty. The man's a bank robber, a forger and a fucking liar.

And this is the guy that our administration trusted more than our own intelligence sources?

Damn right we should subpeona this asshole.

Coupla points:

1. Wishing violence on someone--even Chalabi--is wrong. Call it bad karma, call it basic morals, call it good political skills--it's wrong.

2. The fact that anyone takes the time to protest Chalabi is welcomed--they made the TV screens, the point was made, so criticizing the numbers isn't helpful. The people there stood up for what they believed, so a good point was made.

3. I think tonight that David Shuster on Hardball is going to present the results of a timeline that contrasts the Administrations' public statements with what the intelligence community was finding out. I'm guessing Chalabi's intel will figure prominently, since he had his hands in so much, from Judy Miller's stovepiped stories to Curveball and more.

A good statement by Kennedy on the lies and exaggerations leading up to Iraq. Relevant to Chalabi's part in the sorted affair. Relevant to the GOP's efforts to spin the Dems into complicity with misreading the intelligence.

http://kennedy.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/05/11/2005B10439.html

C-Span had a rerun of the AEI session early this morning. When Chalabi was asked to comment on the WMD question, ie, were they spirited away, were they never there in the first place, are they still hidden there somewhere, etc., he deftly ducked the question and said something to the effect that this question is no longer relevant to the present situation. The whole while he wore this cocky grin. The guy impresses me as totally immune to criticism thanks to his protectors in the White House. Makes me sick!

Chalabi should be sent to Jordan to serve the 17-year jail term given him by a Jordanian court for looting a bank. He’s a criminal who has been catapulted into the political scene by the neocons to serve as their tool for a “regime change” in Iraq, for which they had been pushing since 1996. I don’t believe for a minute that we went to war in Iraq because of his false intelligence. Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, Feith and Libby would have taken America to this disastrous war with or without Chalabi. I’m wondering if he’s now being dangled before us to divert our attention from their colossal crime.

Mustafa

I think Chalabi and Cheney have things in common. They want what they want regardless of the cost to others. Chalabi wants power and riches in Iraq. Cheney wants power in riches in politics, the Middle East and in big oil. Both will do whatever is necessary to meet their goals, lie cheat...
They both mock democracy, honor and truth. They both probably feel like their invincible.

Gee, great job at the demonstration...NOT!

What a pathetic disgrace. And now you are calling for violence against a visiting foreign dignitary. Shouldn't the FBI be investigating you?

Byron -- You are welcome to post on this board...but be constructive if you are. I didn't call for violence against Chalabi. I think he should be subpoenaed and compelled to testify about the many times he deceived American authorities regarding vital national security information. And he was paid by us all of the time the deception was occurring.

I agree with you that the so-called protest was fairly pathetic as few people showed up. I am here in Europe and could not be online to add my own voice and presence to that protest.

In any case, I appreciate other voices on this blog -- but improve the tenor of your commentary.

Thanks,

Steve Clemons

I heard a Chalabi interview on NPR this morning...
slippery guy!

He's blaming the misinformation on unknown individuals from the INC.
Under pressure from you know who (Judith Miller) at The Times, he suggested that she speak to members of the INC.

She did.
Chalabi says he knows nothing more on the matter.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008689

NPR followed that with an interview of Judith Miller.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008692