>"As to the accusation that Chalabi has endangered American national
>security by slipping secrets to Tehran, I can only say that three
>days ago, I broke my usual rule and had a 'deep background' meeting
>with a very 'senior administration official.' This person, given
>every opportunity to signal even slightly that I ought to treat the
>charges seriously, pointedly declined to do so. I thought I should
>put this on record."
>
>So, I was chatting with Paul Wolfowitz the other day, and he said . . .
"Complicating matters for journalists, the accounts of these exiles were often eagerly confirmed by United States officials convinced of the need to intervene in Iraq."