Is the story of Curveball widely known in the USA?

-- Curveball and the manufacture of a lie
-- Life and times of Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, AKA Curveball
-- Curveball: How US was duped by Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam
-- Curveball's admission 'raises questions about CIA'
-- Curveball deserves permanent exile for WMD lies, say Iraq politicians

Bloody hell, editors at the Guardian sure put in a lot of effort into these kinds of stories.

What I don't like about this is it seems to me like they're trying to shift blame. When the real lesson to be learned from this is don't just listen to sketchy sources...also to charge Bush and his Cabinet with War Crimes.

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>> ^Yogi:

When the real lesson to be learned from this is don't just listen to sketchy sources

Not just sketchy.

"The BND [German intelligence] knew in 2000 that I [Curveball] was lying after they talked to my former boss, Dr Bassil Latif, who told them there were no mobile bioweapons factories. For 18 months after that they left me alone because they knew I was telling lies even though I never admitted it. Believe me, back then, I thought the whole thing was over for me."

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I hope the million dead Iraqis appreciate his efforts. *quality

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100-110 thousand civilian deaths at the moment. America would have found an excuse whether they had this man as a source or not, Iraq has oil.

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

It wouldn't have mattered at the time who justified the war for the US/UK. They wanted justification to make their war right. As was written about 1800 years ago:

"If you attack evils based on social trends, no one can rival your dignity. If you settle victory with the power of the people, no one can rival your achievement. If you can accurately discern these basis of action, and add dignity and faith to them, you can take on the most formidable opponent and prevail over the most valiant adversary" [Mastering the Art of War. Liang, Zhuge p71]

Unfortunately, they did not understand the true meaning of this. This passage isn't about justifying a war to ensure you win.