FBI investigators in recent weeks have conducted interviews to determine whether Pentagon officials gave highly classified U.S. intelligence to a leading Iraqi exile group, the Iraqi National Congress, which may in turn have passed it on to Iran. INC leader Ahmed Chalabi has denied that his group was involved in any wrongdoing.
The linkage, if any, between the two leak investigations, remains unclear.
But they both center on the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, the Pentagon's No. 3 official.
Houston Chronicle article
The linkage, if any, between the two leak investigations, remains unclear.
But they both center on the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, the Pentagon's No. 3 official.
Feith, you may remember, headed up the Office of Special Plans, the group created to provide Iraq invasion justification.
It appears the Prince of Darkness was involved in the Hollinger deals - something I passed over back when Lord Black was booted under a scandal.
[An SEC report] said it did not consider Mr. Perle to have been an independent director and called on him to return $5.4 million in pay he received after "putting his own interests above those of Hollinger's shareholders."
...Mr. Perle was criticized for his involvement in Hollinger's Internet subsidiary, in which he, Lord Black and others were granted 22 percent of profits on successful investments — a total of $8.3 million — even though the subsidiary lost money over all. His share came to more than $3 million.
The report said Mr. Perle "repeatedly breached his fiducicary duties" as a member of the board's executive committee, in approving improper deals to benefit himself and Lord Black. It said Hollinger had made a bad investment in a partnership run by Mr. Perle. "As a faithless fiduciary, Perle should be required to disgorge all compensation received from the company," the report said.
...Mr. Perle was criticized for his involvement in Hollinger's Internet subsidiary, in which he, Lord Black and others were granted 22 percent of profits on successful investments — a total of $8.3 million — even though the subsidiary lost money over all. His share came to more than $3 million.
The report said Mr. Perle "repeatedly breached his fiducicary duties" as a member of the board's executive committee, in approving improper deals to benefit himself and Lord Black. It said Hollinger had made a bad investment in a partnership run by Mr. Perle. "As a faithless fiduciary, Perle should be required to disgorge all compensation received from the company," the report said.
Josh Marshall quotes some news sources on Perle'sconnections to Chalabi.
He also earlier had this to say about Franklin, the "spy" under investigation in the spying-on-Iran-for Israel affair:
He's an important person in Feith's operation -- which isn't surprising really since he's an analyst on a topic -- Iran -- at the center of Feith's concerns. And Iran policy is already a dicey matter since this is the same shop that used to be the main locus of Chalabism in the governmnet. And of course Chalabi later ended up to have been feeding US intelligence to the Iranians.
Feith's operation has been at the center of a number of bizarre intelligence snafus and embarrassments -- at least two of which have now spawned criminal investigations. One of the more memorable ones was being in charge of post-war planning for Iraq, which didn't pan out that well. Feith's office is also closely tied to Vice President Cheney's office, which is the focus of the Plame investigation.
Feith's operation has been at the center of a number of bizarre intelligence snafus and embarrassments -- at least two of which have now spawned criminal investigations. One of the more memorable ones was being in charge of post-war planning for Iraq, which didn't pan out that well. Feith's office is also closely tied to Vice President Cheney's office, which is the focus of the Plame investigation.
Let's see....how many investigations are currently circling the White House?
9/11
Anthrax
Iraq WMD
Abu Ghraib
Valerie Plame/Joseph Wilson
Hollinger
Halliburton
Bush's AWOL years
Israeli spy
There are probably more. But that should be enough to have the GOP on the ropes, shouldn't it? Well, it doesn't appear to. So, judge our country's "goodness" and "greatness" on the basis of how well we can turn a blind eye to the corruption within.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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