History repeats itself, otherwise known as "Duped Again"

History does seem to repeat itself in the Bush administration. That is, they keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Recall Mr. Chalabi? Recall "Curve Ball?" Now, we have the Iranian equivalent -- one who already has duped us once under the Reagan administration. It's truly incredible. Raw Story has the details:

The Department of Defense and Vice President Dick Cheney have retained the services of Iran-Contra arms dealer and discredited intelligence asset Manucher Ghorbanifar as their “man on the ground,” in order to report on any interaction and attempts at negotiations between Iranian officials and US ambassador to Iraq, Zelmay Khalilzad, current and former intelligence officials say.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, three intelligence sources identified the Iran-Contra middleman as having been put back on the payroll, acting as a human intelligence asset and monitoring any movement in discussions about Iran’s alleged burgeoning nuclear weapons program.