This is what passes as American journalism. You are supposed to read this and feel sorry for Kanan Makiya for not getting his 1 $ million. And Makikya now conveniently tries to distance himself from Chalabi. Chalabi brought Makiya to his INC group, and they were very close, and traveled to Iran together last year. Makiya, as you remember, was the Iraq specialist who predicted to Bush in the Oval Office that Iraqis would greet US soldiers with flowers and sweets (including tirmissu).