Durbin on Chalabi this a.m., per HuffPost:

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/dick-durbin-tees-off_b_10317.html

Full text of Durbin's speech here -


snip//

Mr. Chalabi is under active investigation. He is under investigation for the charge that he leaked intelligence, including the fact that the United States had broken a crucial Iranian code and that he turned that information over to the Baghdad station chief of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security.

Of course if that happened, Mr. Chalabi endangered American troops and American security. As a result of this charge against Mr. Chalabi, on May 20 of last year, his residence was searched by the Iraqis with the cooperation of American forces in Iraq to see if evidence could be found.

Now, that's a serious charge -- that we would somehow jeopardize the security of America’s troops and our national security and whether this man leaked sensitive information and the fact that he's under active investigation by the F.B.I. is proof-positive that we're taking this seriously.

So where can we find Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi this week? Well, we'll find him in Washington. He has an appointment to sit down and break bread with Treasury Secretary Snow and the secretary of state, Condoleezza rice, and then a little later this week he's going to give a speech to the American Enterprise Institute.

Does this sound like a man under active investigation or a man who is being actively lauded by this administration?

//snip

[chelsea0011]

1. I'd love for some police agency,any, to try to cuff him in D.C.

[babylonsister]

3. Me, too. This man helped get us into Iraq; why are we

throwing flowers at his feet? :grr: :grr:

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Can someone indict Chalabi

for these crimes since he happens to be in the country at the moment?

[babylonsister]

4. I'd love it if the Dems had an ace up their sleeves!

But to answer your question, I just don't know. Sounds like Durbin would like to...