A Set Back For The Neocons

Word on the street has it that Ahmed Chalabi, the head of the Iraqi National Congress and the long time favorite of Defense Department hawks has lost favor with the Bush White House. L. Paul Bremer has criticized the work of Chalabi's de-baathification committee and cutting off our $340,000 stipend to the INC is being considered. If only the administration had realized what a sleazy character Chalabi a little more than a year ago.