And, it turned out, the CIA not only never spoke with him, it never even saw transcripts of the German interviews, only the Germans' analysis of the interviews.
Norbert Juretzko, a former BND officer who is familiar with the Curveball case, now criticizes the German intelligence service for its handling of the matter. The BND wanted so badly to believe Alwan, Juretzko said, that the case officers didn't notice inconsistencies in his story.
"He was put under pressure by the BND: 'Tell us something,'" Juretzko said. "They were desperate for something. They gave him money, privileges, a visa and the like. And so this man used his imagination to get all these things."
I've been critical of the administration in the past for "using only the CIA's worst case scenarios", but to learn that the CIA never actually talked or even read the actual transcript from Curveball is beyond belief. How the hell...
This was the source for Tenet's "slam dunk" case against Iraq.....the source of information that Tenet fed to Collin Powell. The same organization that says they were keeping Plame covert.
Kulaf wrote:This was the source for Tenet's "slam dunk" case against Iraq.....the source of information that Tenet fed to Collin Powell. The same organization that says they were keeping Plame covert.
