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'L.A. Times' Report Adds Fuel to 'War Manipulation' Debate

Editor & Publisher November 20, 2005 10:30 AM ET

NEW YORK A massive report in the Los Angeles Times today appears to add further evidence to critics charging the Bush administration with manipulating evidence to promote the Iraq invasion in 2003. Once again the Iraqi defector known as "Curveball" takes front and center.

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001525270


THE CURVEBALL SAGA
How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball' The Iraqi informant's

German handlers say they had told U.S. officials that his information was 'not proven,' and were shocked when President Bush and Colin L. Powell used it in key prewar speeches.

By Bob Drogin and John Goetz, Special to The Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-curveball20nov20,0,1753730.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Take bad intel, twist it, and run with it. An administration eager to attack Iraq tapped a pipeline of bad information. Now the White House and the CIA are trying to avoid blame.

LA Times Op-Ed, by David Wise

LIKE AN ALBATROSS that castaways hope will not alight on their raft, the question of who misled America into the war in Iraq hovers above Washington, flapping its wings, but so far choosing not to land on either CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., or the White House.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-intelwar20nov20,0,2737932.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions


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Informant: John Calvert