Ahmed Chalabi, the favorite candidate of Richard Perle and the neoconservatives for the new Saddam of Iraq - a pro-Western one like Saddam used to be, of course - is pretty much admitting flat-out that he lied about the "weapons of mass destruction" and he doesn't care.
Chalabi stands by faulty intelligence that toppled Saddam's regime Daily Telegraph (UK) 02/19/04
Mr Chalabi, by far the most effective anti-Saddam lobbyist in Washington, shrugged off charges that he had deliberately misled US intelligence. "We are heroes in error," he told the Telegraph in Baghdad.
"As far as we're concerned we've been entirely successful. That tyrant Saddam is gone and the Americans are in Baghdad. What was said before is not important. The Bush administration is looking for a scapegoat. We're ready to fall on our swords if he wants."
But then, why should he care? A scamster scams. Why would he apologize to anyone when it's successful in getting him what he wanted?
And his start-up firm is doing nicely courtesy of the American taxpayer, too: Start-Up Company With Connections Newsday 02/15/04.
Both of the above links came via the new blog The Dreyfuss Report at TomPaine.com.
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