Curveball: How the US was duped by an Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam.
posted by homunculus on Feb 15, 2011 - 65 comments

Curveball's motive, CIA officials said, was not to start a war. He simply was seeking a German visa.
You would think that there would be some serious repercussions for "mishandling" intelligence used to start a war.
Then again it's not like this is really news (dated 4/2004)
A different angle previously discussed here on Metafilter
posted by threehundredandsixty on Nov 20, 2005 - 12 comments

Curveball :: Flash Game
posted by rocketman on Jul 2, 2004 - 11 comments