Ahmad Chalabi, Washington’s former top Iraqi ally whose house in Baghdad was raided by U.S. troops on Thursday, passed sensitive U.S. intelligence to Iran that could "get Americans killed," CBS Evening News said. "Senior U.S. officials told us today that they have evidence Chalabi has been passing highly classified U.S. intelligence to Iran," the report said on Thursday. "The evidence shows that Chalabi personally gave Iranian intelligence officers information so sensitive that if revealed it could ... ’get Americans killed.’ The evidence is said to be ’rock solid."’
There was no independent confirmation of the report. CBS said an aide to Chalabi dismissed the charges as "nonsense" and said they were part of an effort by the CIA to discredit him. The report quoted unnamed sources as saying a senior member of Chalabi’s Iraqi National Congress "is believed to have been recruited by Iran’s intelligence agency and is on their payroll." A high-level investigation is under way to determine who in the U.S. government gave Chalabi such sensitive information, CBS said. |