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April 3, 2012 01:32 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/u3Ii3EJVQok/iraqi-defector-whose-phony-wmd.html
Iraqi defector whose phony WMD intel and "sexed up graphics" led to 100,000+ deaths: "Yes, I lied."
Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, aka "Curveball", an Iraqi defector who falsified testimony about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, confirms that he made the whole thing up in an interview airing this week on the BBC2 TV series, "Modern Spies." The former chemical engineer's "confidence trick" was used by the Bush administration to justify going [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/u3Ii3EJVQok/iraqi-defector-whose-phony-wmd.html
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