OK, I'll take credit for this Though, like much of the Bush Administration's statements (i.e. Karen Hughes interviews) that would be a complete and utter lie. But finally, it appears that the Thief of Baghdad (how did I NOT come up with that one last week?) may actually be in some trouble. Many are now saying in the mass media, what many bloggers have been saying for a while...why isn't this person being indicted? Well, have hope -- it's even from Clinton fetishist Lisa Meyers of all people. Members of the Iraqi National Congress and its leader Ahmed Chalabi were airlifted into southern Iraq the day Saddam’s government fell. Chalabi was President Bush’s guest at the State of the Union address. Even today, the INC gets $340,000 a month from the Pentagon to feed the United States intelligence information. But NBC News has learned that members of the group are now under investigation by Iraqi police in Baghdad — allegations of: -- abduction -- robbery -- stealing 11 Iraqi government vehicles -- assaulting police by firing on them during a search. ... All this comes in the wake of findings that key intelligence on weapons of mass destruction provided by Chalabi’s group was false, perhaps even fabricated. In fact, the former head of the weapons hunt, David Kay, questions why a group that provided “fabricated information” is still on the U.S. payroll. “You know, once taken, excused," says Kay. "Twice taken you’re an idiot. And I think we’re now at the point of we’re really an idiot.” Tonight, a Pentagon spokesman says he knows nothing about the police investigation but that the 4 million taxpayer dollars going to Chalabi’s group is already being reviewed. Once again, the Wolfowitz, Myolrie nut-job cabal has managed to shove its crackpot theory down the throat of the incredibly intellectually lazy President who hasn't the foggiest idea of how to decipher information. Oh, but Chalabi is simply the most flamboyant of the corrupt people connected to the Bush Administration's policy towards Iraq. You've got your Halliburtons; your South African Aparthied Assassin Mercenaries; your CIA Operative Outers, etc. And then it is another day, another petty example of corruption...From today's LA Times: A senior Defense Department official is under investigation by the Pentagon inspector general for allegations that he attempted to alter a contract proposal in Iraq to benefit a mobile phone consortium that includes friends and colleagues, according to documents obtained by The Times and sources with direct knowledge of the process. John A. Shaw, 64, the deputy undersecretary for international technology security, sought to transform a relatively minor police and fire communications proposal into a contract allowing the creation of an Iraq-wide commercial cellular network that could generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue per year, the sources said. Shaw brought pressure on officials at the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad to change the contract language and grant the consortium a noncompetitive bid, according to the sources. The consortium, under the guidance of a firm owned by Alaskan natives, consisted of an Irish telecommunications entrepreneur, former officials in the first Bush administration and such leading telecommunications companies as Lucent and Qualcomm, according to sources and consortium members. I'm sure the Bush Administration will take swift action -- if Shaw also comes out against more Tax Cuts that is. I'm glad Bush is into accountability though right?... ...devolving.