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Curveball
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The infamous "Curveball" source—whose fabricated claims about mobile bioweapons labs featured prominently in Powell's UN speech—had been flagged as unreliable by German intelligence, yet his information was presented as credible.
··1998 — 2016·Person
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The Iraq War WMD Intelligence Failure
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George W. Bush
Co-documented with Curveball in 1 published dossier, including “The Iraq War WMD Intelligence Failure”.
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Office of Special Plans
Co-documented with Curveball in 1 published dossier, including “The Iraq War WMD Intelligence Failure”.
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