A story that just broke on NPR tells of how the head of the Commission on Public Integrity, Iraq’s chief watchdog overseer in charge of discovering corruption, had to flee the country with his family on fear of death from the Maliki government.

Rahdi al-Rahdi’s claims talk of billions stolen, sectarian infiltration and active collusion between Shi’a death squads and the ruling Dawah Party. At every turn, his oversight was blocked by the highest levels:

We received different secret orders blocking (the) prosecution of former and current ministers,” Radhi said, producing a copy of a letter that appears to be from the prime minister’s office.

Naturally, Maliki denies this and calls al-Rahdi the criminal, even though he seems to have made up on the spot half the laws he says Rahdi broke. But as the article says, documents from the US embassy and findings from the State Department confirm Rahdi’s allegations have a substantial ring of truth.

So, here’s what I want to know…

…are we going to depose this guy before or after he breaks Saddam’s records in nepotism, mass murder and lies?