Tonight - ABC Nightline report: Meet Curveball, the Defector Whose Lies Led to War

sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 01:28 PM
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Tonight - ABC Nightline report: Meet Curveball, the Defector Whose Lies Led to War

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EXCLUSIVE: Meet Curveball, the Defector Whose Lies Led to War

The Iraqi defector known as Curveball, whose fabricated stories of "mobile biological weapons labs" helped lead the U.S. to war four years ago, is still being protected by the German intelligence service, an ABC News investigation has found. See the full story tonight on "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m.

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Marnieworld

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Tue Mar-13-07 01:29 PM
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1. It's about time

wish they reported this sooned but better late than never.

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Tue Mar-13-07 01:35 PM
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2. It wasn't "Curveball's" lies that led to the war.

They were merely the excuse the Bush Cabal hung the war on. They knew his stories were bullshit, but they needed some reason to attack Iraq other than "just because".

The lies that started the war are from Bush & his fellow criminals alone.

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sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 10:37 PM
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3. kick

starting on...

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sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 10:39 PM
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4. nothing that was in Powell's presentation was true

CIA senior analyst crossed out all references in original draft...

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sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 10:40 PM
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5. Cheney seized curveball report

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sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 10:40 PM
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6. Drumheller (CIA) told number 2 that curveball was a fabricator

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sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 10:42 PM
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7. Wilkerson (Powell right hand man) believes Drumhellers account

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sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 10:44 PM
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8. Wilkerson: Tenet and Mclaughlin hedged the truth (aka lied)

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sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 10:46 PM
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9. ABC: will anyone at the CIA be held responsible?

Ross: Some people blame Drumheller for not speaking up louder... yeah, blame the whistleblower :crazy:

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sabra

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Tue Mar-13-07 10:47 PM
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10. the report has ended

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