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

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Reuters: "US program unveils man behind Iraq weapons story" (November 1, 2007)
BBC: "Iraq war source's name revealed" (November 2, 2007)
Telegraph: "Named, the defector who misled US over Iraq" (April 11, 2007)

Curveball Blogs and Commentaries

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Curveball Videos

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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)
Washingtonpost.com: "Warnings on WMD 'Fabricator' Were Ignored, Ex-CIA Aide Says" (2006)

Curveball Timeline

1994: Graduated last in the Chemical Engineer class at Bagdad 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

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