I'm not one for grand conspiracies, but this one has a good ending. I think Chalabi's fall from grace served our interest in two ways. First, it showed that we could be objective in our goals even when our hand picked man screws up, and second, it allows the appearance of a less connected (to the USA) leader to be selected. Either way we win. Putting myself in the sandals of an Iraqi, I couldn't help but resent the way Chalabi was shoved down their throats by the US. I didn't think he would have had a very long shelf life.
2 things.
Chalabi wasn't really *our* guy. He was based in London and was the Brit's guy. No one here wanted to take responsibility for him, so it was decided to put him where the DOD could keep an eye on him. He went into Iraq with his own private army. We were under no illusions and Paul Bremer couldn't stand him whatsoever. Bremer actually might have been the Foster Brooks and probably took great pleasure in it.
Second. Let us remember that there were those biweekly meetings between Tenet and Gorelick that went on for some time. He might have been used for political purposes by the b*tch and the shat could be getting ready to hit the fin.