Faulty Intel Source "Curve Ball" Revealed
60 Minutes has identified the man whose fabricated story of Iraqi biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq. It has also obtained video of "Curve Ball," as he was known in intelligence circles, and discovered he was not only a liar, but also a thief and a poor student instead of the chemical engineering whiz he claimed to be.
https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/60minutes/main3440577.shtml
Let there be doubt
I don't remember anyone questioning the intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. In hindsight we could have done with a heavy dose of scepticism.
https://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/john_williams/2007/11/let_there_be_doubt.html
From Information Clearing House
Key Iraqi informant was 'crazy,' U.S. was told before war
Prewar claims by the United States that Iraq was producing biological weapons were based almost entirely on accounts from a defector who was described as "crazy" by his intelligence handlers and a "congenital liar" by his friends.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8425.htm
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Curve+Ball
https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/60minutes/main3440577.shtml
Let there be doubt
I don't remember anyone questioning the intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. In hindsight we could have done with a heavy dose of scepticism.
https://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/john_williams/2007/11/let_there_be_doubt.html
From Information Clearing House
Key Iraqi informant was 'crazy,' U.S. was told before war
Prewar claims by the United States that Iraq was producing biological weapons were based almost entirely on accounts from a defector who was described as "crazy" by his intelligence handlers and a "congenital liar" by his friends.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8425.htm
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Curve+Ball
rudkla - 2. Nov, 10:22
