Tyler Drumheller
Events (16)
- September 12, 2001: British Intelligence Chiefs Fly to US; Delegation Visits CIA and Advises to Concentrate on Afghanistan, Not Iraq 2001-09-12
- October 9, 2002: US Officials Receive Copies of Iraq-Niger Documents, Quickly Doubt Their Authenticity 2002-10-09
- December 18-20, 2002: Tenet Fails to Get ‘Curveball’ on Television after Germans Doubt His Reliability 2002-12-18
- January 27, 2003: CIA Headquarters Warned That Allegations Based on ‘Curveball’ Should Not Be Used in Bush’s Speech 2003-01-27
- January 28-29, 2003: CIA Official ‘Dumbfounded’ at Bush’s Claims 2003-01-28
- February 3, 2003: Top CIA Official Concerned that Curveball Might Pop Up Somewhere after Powell Speech and Undermine Case 2003-02-03
- February 4, 2003: Powell’s Team Conducts Dress Rehearsal for Upcoming UN Presentation 2003-02-04
- February 4-5, 2003: CIA Officer Reminds Tenet that Source for Mobile Labs is Not Reliable 2003-02-04
- April 23, 2006: Retired CIA Official: Bush Administration Manipulated Intelligence; The Decision to Invade ‘Was Set’ 2006-04-23
- November 4, 2007: Curveball’s Identity Revealed 2007-11-04
- Early November, 2004: CIA’s Deputy Director of Operations, Subordinate Resign over Attacks on Integrity from New Director
- February 2001: US, German Intelligence Analysts Discuss Curveball’s Veracity
- September 2002: German Intelligence Officer Tells CIA Officer that Curveball Is Probably a Fabricator; CIA Officials Dispute Characterization
- November 1999: Curveball Seeks Asylum in Germany; Tells Germans that Iraq is Developing Biological Weapons Laboratories
- Mid-March 2004: CIA Interviews Curveball; Confirms that He’s a Fabricator
- Late January, 2003: CIA Officer Deletes Erroneous Paragraph in Powell’s Upcoming Speech about WMD Trailers; Warns CIA Deputy Director