Iraq-Chalabi-Iran update
My far fetched theory is gaining credibility. The Times reports (The Times and Chalabi have a history together remember?):
"Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi leader and former ally of the Bush administration, disclosed to an Iranian official that the United States had broken the secret communications code of Iran's intelligence service, betraying one of Washington's most valuable sources of information about Iran, according to United States intelligence officials."
As I surmised, Iraqi exciles and the Iranian leadership are no strangers to one another. The above mentioned Times article:
"In a television interview on May 23, Mr. Chalabi said on CNN's "Late Edition" that he met in Tehran in December with the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami. He also said he had met with Iran's minister of information."
For those of you doubting the Iranians are trowing their weight around in Iraq:
"American officials said the leak about the Iranian codes was a serious loss because the Iranian intelligence service's highly encrypted cable traffic was a crucial source of information, supplying Washington with information about Iranian operations inside Iraq, where Tehran's agents have become increasingly active. It also helped the United States keep track of Iranian intelligence operations around the world."
Teheran agents increasingly active? Ofcourse!! What better way to strengthen it's hand against the US. The Times concludes:
"Until last month, the Iraqi National Congress had a lucrative contract with the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide information about Iraq. Before the United States invasion last year, the group arranged for Iraqi defectors to provide the Pentagon with information about Saddam Hussein's government, particularly evidence purporting to show that Baghdad had active programs to develop weapons of mass destruction. Today, the American intelligence community believes that much of the information passed by the defectors was either wrong or fabricated."
I'd say fabricated. Those nasty Iranians...
Anyone wondering how the US "broke" the Iranian communications code? Smart mathematics? Raw computing power? No, they simply stole it:
"It could not be learned exactly how the United States broke the code. But intelligence sources said that in the past, the United States has broken into the embassies of foreign governments, including those of Iran, to steal information, including codes."
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