Full Release - IRmep

'i,ran-C,ontra ll?" by Joshua Micah M\U'Shall, LauraRoze...
J2~. ,••.~ • O.
'..
.' http://www.was~gtonmonthly.comlfeaturesl2004/041...
nckiioWI~dg~d U1¢ $~~Qnd tij¢etifig jn P.C\ii~ tti JlJn~ ?o.OJ, ~UI msi~te(l. that It \v~ the
resUlt ofa ",cliaiice encoiJiiter" betWeen Gli6i'baiiifar and a P.eii~6ii omci.tU. The
administration has,kept to the "chance encounter" story to this day.
Ghorbanifar, however, lau~s offthat idea. "Run into each other? We had a prior
arrangement," he told The Washington Monihly.: "It involved a Jot ofdiscussion and
a lot ofpeople."
9y~r !he J~t Y~!I'; th~ ~~q~tc: JtJ,eIJjg~n9~ ~9mf!lj~~~ ~!lS _con~!1c~~9 1imjt~9 in.q!1iry
into the meetln~, inoluding interviews with Feith and Ledeen. But under terms ofa
QQmpt9mi~~ agr~~4 to ~y "9th P~i~i @wit inv~tigtltiqn intQ th~ fn;~!ter WM nl!t off
until after the November eleotion. Republioans on the committee, many of whom
$YR1P~!p.f~ wjqt th~ tt~gi.l!le ~h~g~ri·~gen~~ ..l!t ~Q.D, P~v~. JJ~n 1~~1~.~! .!9&~':lth
investigations, calling them an election-year fishing expedition. Democrats, by