A professor at Princeton (who does not want to be identified) sent me this: "did you know that Ali Allawi, the ex minister in the iraqi government, requested a visa to come spend some time as a visiting scholar in Princeton and his visa has been pending for several months. interesting isn't it?
P.S. you can use the info but don't quote me. Also his visa case was brought up to the office of dick cheney and nothing has happened."