Chalabi Skepticism

Saw him interviewed by Wolf Blitzer this morning. Among some of the charges flying about, is that he may have passed troop movements to Iran and even Iranian disinformation to the U.S.

All of this may prove true. But any assessment of the charges' weights should take into account this one compelling fact - he's still free.

That isn't to say that solid and irrefutable evidence against Chalabi won't emerge. And I'm not inclined to give him much credit of the doubt.

But at least for the moment, there appears a gap between the intensity of the charges and the severity of his treatment. Given that curiosity, it pays attention to follow the tactical interests of various parties in the impending development of this story...