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2004: US Government Has Never Questioned Jordanian Investigator about Ahmed Chalabi’s Involvement in the Petra Bank Collapse

Journalist Andrew Cockburn asks an investigator who spent several years looking into the collapse of Ahmed Chalabi’s Petra Bank if the US government has ever questioned him about the scandal. “No, not once,” he replies, adding that journalists have also avoided reporting about Chalabi’s involvement in Petra Bank. [CounterPunch, 5/20/2004]