Lawmakers to probe Chalabi spying charges

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By HOPE YEN
The Associated Press
5/23/2004, 3:54 p.m. ET


WASHINGTON (AP) — Unrelenting in their criticism of Ahmad Chalabi, lawmakers pledged to investigate charges that the Iraqi National Congress leader passed classified information to Iran.


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Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said they would ask the intelligence agencies for a report on the allegations.

"This is a very, very serious charge," Hagel said on CNN's "Late Edition." "There is no way the Senate Intelligence Committee is not going to be in this."

Chalabi, a member of the Shiite Islamic sect to which the majority of Iranians and Iraqis belong, once was a favorite of Pentagon officials. He recently came under suspicion that he might have handed over sensitive information to Iran about the U.S. occupation.

He had provided intelligence to the Bush administration about weapons of mass destruction, which was used to justify the U.S. war against Iraq, but Chalabi's information came under major criticism after no weapons were found.

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1. Another Investigation

Is there anything, ANYTHING, the * administration has done that does not warrant investigation? Where is America?

[truthisfreedom]

2. apparently, that is under investigation as well.