Andrew Sullivan reveals Paid by Saddam:
If this turns out to be true, it's a bombshell. The chief left-wing anti-war campaigner in Britain's parliament, Labour Party MP George Galloway, has his name on several documents discovered in Baghdad by the Daily Telegraph. The documents allegedly show a huge pay-off scheme from Saddam's oil profits to the anti-war activist - worth up to $500,000 a year - in return for his political work in defense of Saddam. Here are the relevant documents. Here are details of the alleged Jordanian go-between.More details by following the links. It doesn't surprise me, Georgie is one of those irrepressible types who always has a scam going.
And he was also one of the characters who got together the weekend after 9/11 to form the Stop the War coalition.
UPDATE: David Blair reveals How I found the papers in a looted foreign ministry office and Georgie opts for the tin foil beanie defense and threatens to sue.
Hmmm, I wonder if he paid the taxes on his loot?
UPDATE 2: I posted the Sun's take on Georgie up above.
