One quick note on the WMD "fabricator" code named Curveball before we leave for the Kiwanis International Convention in Montreal. The story in today's WaPo contains a number of interesting details on how the Bush Administration was fooled into thinking that the Iraq's had mobile bioweapons labs. Some intelligence professionals recognized that the crucial information was based on a single, unreliable source. The administration could not - or would not - hear their warnings. Secretary of State Colin Powell based his UN speech in part upon the Curveball information. CIA analyst Tyler Drumheller was convinced that the Curveball information was omitted from Powell's UN speech.
This is not a new story. For this blog's previous reports on Curveball, start here, go here, and then here.
I could go on about this. It was irresponsible, at best, for the administration to be fooled by this story. Maybe it is best for us to head for Montreal and me to take a break from blogging.
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