Via
DemocracyNow, in an interview with
Seymor Hersh
Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports that President Bush authorized covert plans last year to support the election campaigns of Iraqi candidates and political parties with close ties to the White House. Hersh cites unidentified former military and intelligence officials who said the administration went ahead with the plan over congressional opposition.
SEYMOUR HERSH:...They took money that had not been appropriated by Congress and put it to work using retired intelligence people and other probably retired military people and others to help generate votes for Allawi. Allawi was running at, oh, 3%...in the election, he got 14% or 15%, which was much more than anybody expected.
You can read the New Yorker article here
It is scary to think just how far this administration will go to ensure it gets what it wants. Who knows what else they've manipulated...