Chalabi’s Lobbyist Was Sarah Palin’s Spy

[kpete]

Chalabi’s Lobbyist Was Sarah Palin’s Spy
By: emptywheel Thursday November 6, 2008 5:03 am .

Here's a detail I'm particularly intrigued by:

One of the aides tells CNN that campaign manager Rick Davis fired (Randy) Scheunemann after determining that he had been in direct contact with journalists spreading "disinformation" about campaign aides, including Nicolle Wallace and other officials.

"He was positioning himself with Palin at the expense of John McCain's campaign message," said one of the aides.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/05/soruces-mccain-aide-fired-for-trashing-staff/

....Randy Scheunemann spreading misinformation to the Weekly Standard to accomplish goals that went undercut the stated interests he was pursuing. Where have I seen that before?

Oh, I know, Ahmad Chalabi!!!! Scheunemann was an early paid booster of the guy who used disinformation to get us bogged down in Iraq.

The Neocons discovered Sarah on their cruise to Alaska. Almost immediately after they convinced McCain to choose her as a running mate, they became her chief advocates within the McCain campaign. And here we find out that they were the ones who started the civil war that embarrassed the McCain campaign in its final weeks.

more at:
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/11/06/chalabis-lobbyist-was-sarah-palins-spy/

[poverlay]

1. Uummm, who's got the terrorist connections??? n/t

[Ian David]

2. Scheunemann created TWO Civil Wars- a real in in The Georgian Republic, and a political one...

... within the McCain campaign.