White House Hosts Criminal

“The idea, American officials said, is to treat Mr. Chalabi not as someone with a controversial past, but as a visitor whose current title demands that he be accorded respect - and a politician whose skills and ambitions make it likely that he could gain more power in the future.”

- Steven R. Weismann, NYT’s, 11/09/05. For information on Chalabi's criminal past, including charges of bank fraud, see http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/040607fa_fact1_a.