I had hewrd this a few days ago, and took it in stride, as another Bush administration control thing.

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: September 26, 2004 – October 02, 2004 Archives

It seems they decided not to register him as a 527. According to today’s Post, “the U.S. government and a representative of President Bush’s reelection campaign had been heavily involved in drafting the speech given to Congress last week by interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.”
That’s extraordinary. It almost takes your breath away. This whole operation has been saturated in politics from the word go. And the Post piece gives more of the nitty-gritty about Allawi’s speech.
But that’s really all you need to know. It would be pretty dubious to have the White House writing Allawi’s speech. But the Bush campaign itself …
What more can you say about that?