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Obviously shaky --> "Curveball," the informant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curveball_%28informant%29

> Despite warnings from the German Federal Intelligence Service and the British Secret Intelligence Service questioning the authenticity of the claims, the US Government and British government utilized them to build a rationale for military action in the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Should she have known the cost (in $$$ and lives)? It was her job and that of every senior leader involved. They grossly underestimated the effort. Their colossal mistake wasn't just an oopsy-daisy to be waved away.

Incompetence at that scale should follow you around for your whole life.



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