F6, why aren't we surprised. Chalabi, was always going to be in the thick of it all .. this link is buried in yours, just getting it here again out to remind that General Odierno had expressed concern about the Iran connections .. in yours one is a follower of one is in the thick of it .. he was always going to be .. sneak a snack ..
"General Odierno was unusually blunt in publicly expressing concerns about the actions of the two Iraqis: Ahmed Chalabi, who was a confidant of Bush administration officials in the prelude to the 2003 invasion but now is perceived as having supplied false intelligence to the United States; and Ali Faisal al-Lami, suspected of involvement in murderous activities of Shiite militants, including a bombing in Baghdad, accusations that he denies."
The two Iraqi politicians “clearly are influenced by Iran,” General Odierno said. “We have direct intelligence that tells us that.”