The fact that one of the most important informants on Saddam Hussein’s suspected weapons of mass destruction was code named ”Curveball’ was probably a good hint that his intelligence wasn’t so, well, intelligent. In an article in the LA Times Curveball’s handlers, all senior officials from the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), claim that "the Bush administration and the CIA repeatedly exaggerated his claims during the run-up to the war in Iraq."
In light of what we’ve been learning lately about some of the president’s folks, maybe they felt Curveball was a kindred spirit. After all, his handlers "said that their informant suffered from emotional and mental
problems. ‘He is not a stable, psychologically stable guy," said a BND
official who supervised the case. "He is not a completely normal
person,’ agreed a BND analyst." Sounds like he’d fit right in working with Rove & Company.
You know, with news like this who needs fiction?
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I find it interesting how everyone (inclduing the press) lumps the words “CIA” with Pres Bush and the administration that made decisions about the war.
If I gave you over 100,000 pages of information you could pull out pieces to highlight to make a point. This is what happened with the data supplied to Bush via the CIA AND other intellegence sources. Bits and pieces were handpicked to support the arguement, even if other information disputed.
In general I agree with you about the administration picking and choosing the parts of intel they want to support their case. (For the record I’m pretty sure that other administrations have done the same thing).
From what I’ve read though at least one person at the CIA deserves to be lumped in with the administration when it relates to the justification for the war. It seems to me that we’ve consistently heard of the Director ‘selling’ the intel as well. So in this particular case I’d say that it’s appropriate to lump the CIA in with the administration.