02543cam a2200421 a 4500 50660 20230410105237.0 070418s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng 2007016000 (OCoLC)ocn123350135 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA JED C#P YDXCP OMP BUR 9781400065837 (alk. paper) 1400065836 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)123350135 a-iq--- n-us--- DS76.79 D76 2007 956.7044/3373 22 Drogin, Bob. Curveball : spies, lies, and the con man who caused a war / Bob Drogin. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2007. xxi, 343 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-319) and index. This book answers the crucial question of the Iraq war: How and why was America's intelligence so catastrophically wrong? Journalist Drogin takes us to Europe, the Middle East, and deep inside the CIA to find the truth. In 1999, a mysterious Iraqi applies for political asylum in Munich, offering compelling testimony of Saddam Hussein's secret program to build weapons of mass destruction. He claims that the dictator has constructed germ factories on trucks. His grateful German hosts pass his account to their CIA counterparts, who give the defector his code name: Curveball. After 9/11, when the Bush administration turns its attention to Iraq, they seize on Curveball's story--even though it has begun to unravel. The CIA allows President Bush to cite Curveball's unconfirmed claims in a State of the Union speech--yet the entire case is based on a fraud. And the proof was clear before the war.--From publisher description. Curveball. Iraq War, 2003- Causes. Weapons of mass destruction Iraq. Intelligence service United States. United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007016000-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007016000-b.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007016000-s.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 26.95 20.21 1400065836 0007150560 active Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0007268079 YBP Library Services YANK 2559508 lcc bk C0 DRFGD 32792 32792 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 3 0 DS76.79 D76 2007 00000052160 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk