Curveball

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Rafid Ahmed Alwan
2. 60 Minutes: Faulty Intel Source "Curve Ball" Revealed  
3. USA Today: "60 Minutes identifies discredited Iraqi informant 'Curveball'" (November 2, 2007)
4. Washington Post: "U.S. program unveils man behind Iraq weapons story" (November 1, 2007)
5. ABC News: Curveball, the Defector Whose Lies Led to War (March 13, 2007)
6. CBS News Video: 'Curve Ball' Revealed (Time: 0:49)  
7. Video: ABC News clip on 'Curveball' (Time: 2:40)

Curveball Recent News

• Google News: Curveball
• Yahoo! News: Curveball
• BBC: Iraq war source's name revealed (November 2, 2007)
• The Economist: "Inventing the Dots" (November 1, 2007)
• Reuters: "US program unveils man behind Iraq weapons story" (November 1, 2007)
• Telegraph: "Named, the defector who misled US over Iraq" (April 11, 2007)

Curveball Blogs and Commentaries

• Daily Kos: 60 Minutes reveals identity of "Curve Ball"
• Huffington Post: Curveball Revealed
• Crooks and Liars: Colbert takes on Curveball
• The Anchoress: Clinton & Bush both thrown a Curveball on Iraq?

Curveball Photos

• Google Image Search: Curveball
• Yahoo! Image Search: Curveball
• Live Search Images: Curveball

Curveball Videos

• YouTube & Google Video Search: Curveball
• YouTube: Would You Trust Curveball? (Time: 2:40)
• YouTube: Hardball with Chris Matthews on CIA Intel (Time: 10:08)
• CBS News Video: 'Curve Ball' Revealed (Time: 0:49)  

Curveball Criticism and Controversy

• Christian Science Monitor: "Germany: CIA knew 'Curveball' was not trustworthy" (2005)
• The Age: "Ex-CIA chiefs deny problems with Iraq source" (2005)
• The Seattle Times: "Nation & World: Intelligence failures illustrated by Iraq still with us, panel says" (2005)
• USA Today: "Officials ask why Iraq details are surfacing now" (2005)  
• NPR: Prewar Iraq Intelligence: A Look at the Facts (2005)  
• Washington Post: "Warnings on WMD 'Fabricator' Were Ignored, Ex-CIA Aide Says" (2006)

Curveball Timeline

• 1994: Graduated last in the Chemical Engineer class at Baghdad University
• 1999: Seeks asylum in Germany; faced charges of embezzlement from the Iraqi government
• 2000: Debriefed by the German Intelligence Agency (BND)
• 2002: The BND tells the CIA that Curveball is a 'fabricator'
• 2003: Colin Powell uses mis-information from Curveball in his February address to The United Nations
• 2003: David Kay heads up the Iraq Survey Group in an investigation of Curveball's background
• 2007: Identity of Curveball is finally revealed