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Philadelphia Inquirer
August 29, 2004
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FBJ, Looking Deep Into Defense Office
A probe goes beyond wlletller a ":lidlevel analyst gave an Iran policy docum.ent to !s.r~el,
sources said. .
By Warren P. Strobel, Inquirer Washington Bureau·
WASHINGTON - An FBI irivestigation into the handling ofclassified material by Pentagon civilians'is
broader than previously reported and goes well beyond allegations that a single m~dlevel
analyst gaye a
top-secret Iran policy document to Israel; three ~ource.s familiar with the investigation said yesterday.
The probe; more than two,years old, also ha~ fo~used
on othe~ Pentagon civilians, the sources, who have,
firsthand knowledge ofthe subj~ct, said on c~ndition ofanonyinity.
~n additin, one said, FBI investigators in recent week~·have condQcted interviews to detelJllin~ whether
Pentagon officials gaye cl~sified
u.s. intelligence to a leading Iraqi exile grQup, the Iraqi National.
Congress, which'may,have in tum passed it to Ira!!. The exile group's leader, Ahmed Chalabi,.has de.nied
his group was involved in any wrongd