Wonderful piece from the Guardian--why exactly is it that we have to go to the British media to get this level of truth?
How Chalabi and the White House held the front page: The New York Times has burned its reputation on a pyre of lies about Iraq
A choice excerpt:
"The White House had a perfect deal with Miller," (a CIA analyst) said. "Chalabi is providing the Bush people with the information they need to support their political objectives, and he is supplying the same material to Judy Miller. Chalabi tips her on something and then she goes to the White House, which has already heard the same thing from Chalabi, and she gets it corroborated. She also got the Pentagon to confirm things for her, which made sense, since they were working so closely with Chalabi. Too bad Judy didn't spend a little more time talking to those of us who had information that contradicted almost everything Chalabi said."