Read the original reporting in the Los Angeles Times:
Iraqi Defector's Tales Bolstered U.S. Case for War
Bob Drogin and Greg Miller, Times Staff Writers, March 28, 2004
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's prewar claims that Saddam Hussein had built a fleet of trucks and railroad cars to produce anthrax and other deadly germs were based chiefly on information from a now-discredited Iraqi defector code-named "Curveball," according to current and former intelligence officials....(read the full story)
Intelligence Analysts Whiffed on a 'Curveball'
Greg Miller and Bob Drogin, Times Staff Writers, April 1, 2005
WASHINGTON — 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....(read the full story)
How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball'
By Bob Drogin and John Goetz,
November 20, 2005
BERLIN — The German intelligence officials responsible for one of the most important informants on Saddam Hussein's suspected weapons of mass destruction say that the Bush administration and the CIA repeatedly exaggerated his claims during the run-up to the war in Iraq....(read the full story)
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