<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ex-CIA operative Jerry Watson and journalist Bob Drogin tell the disastrous story of Curveball and its relevance to today’s war against Iran.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The US invaded Iraq after the based on bogus intel. Much of that intel was fabricated by &lt;/span&gt;Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi &lt;span&gt;an Iraqi defector codenamed &amp;#34;Curveball.&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More from our guests:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.latimes.com/people/bob-drogin" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bob Drogin | Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.spytalk.co/p/a-cia-officer-returns-to-iraq-and?utm_campaign=post" rel="nofollow"&gt;A CIA Officer Returns to Iraq and Uncovers Embarrassing Details of the Spy Agency’s WMD Debacle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/397688/curveball-by-drogin-bob/9780091923044" rel="nofollow"&gt;Curveball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Jerry Watson | &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.criticalanswers.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://www.criticalanswers.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Follow Michael Isikoff on Twitter |&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/isikoff" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://x.com/isikoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Follow Karen Greenberg on Twitter | &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/KarenGreenberg3" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://x.com/KarenGreenberg3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter | &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/SpyTalker" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://x.com/SpyTalker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Follow SpyTalk on Twitter | &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/talk_spy" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://x.com/talk_spy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack | &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.spytalk.co/" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://www.spytalk.co/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Advertising Inquiries: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'&gt;https://redcircle.com/brands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: &lt;a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'&gt;https://redcircle.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

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SpyTalk, Jeff Stein

The Ultimate Intelligence Fiasco

MAY 15, 202663 MIN
SpyTalk

The Ultimate Intelligence Fiasco

MAY 15, 202663 MIN

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Ex-CIA operative Jerry Watson and journalist Bob Drogin tell the disastrous story of Curveball and its relevance to today’s war against Iran.The US invaded Iraq after the based on bogus intel. Much of that intel was fabricated by Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi an Iraqi defector codenamed "Curveball."More from our guests:Bob Drogin | Los Angeles Times A CIA Officer Returns to Iraq and Uncovers Embarrassing Details of the Spy Agency’s WMD Debacle CurveballJerry Watson | https://www.criticalanswers.net/ Follow Michael Isikoff on Twitter |https://x.com/isikoff     Follow Karen Greenberg on Twitter | https://x.com/KarenGreenberg3   Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter | https://x.com/SpyTalker   Follow SpyTalk on Twitter | https://x.com/talk_spy   Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack | https://www.spytalk.co/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy