Well, well.

The home of Ahmed Chalabi, convicted fraudster, peddler of dodgy intelligence, Washington's former best friend in Iraq and the man once touted (by his own supporters) as a future president of the country has been raided.

The authorities are giving little away, but Salon's Andrew Cockburn has an interesting explanation for the raid. He claims Chalabi, maddened by the realization that he was being excluded from the post-June 30 handover arrangements, was putting together a sectarian Shiite faction to destabilize and destroy the new Iraqi government.

Perhaps the Pentagon's crooked and untrustworthy chum is finally getting his come-uppance.