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02791cam a2200481 a 4500 001 0B6C829A2B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 070418s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2007016000 020 $a 1400065836 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9781400065837 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d JED $d C#P $d YDXCP $d OMP $d BUR $d VP@ $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a DS79.76 $b .D76 2007 082 00 $a 956.7044/3373 $2 22 100 1 $a Drogin, Bob. 245 1 $a Curveball : $b spies, lies, and the con man who caused a war / $c Bob Drogin. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Random House, $c c2007. 300 $a xxi, 343 p. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-319) and index. 520 $a 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. 600 00 $a Curveball. 650 0 $a Iraq War, 2003- $x Causes. 650 0 $a Weapons of mass destruction $z Iraq. 650 0 $a Intelligence service $z United States. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency. 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007016000-d.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007016000-b.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2007016000-s.html 941 $a 9 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017021931.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722020410.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201202011802.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720033601.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20170523015132.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824035634.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0B6C829A2B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search