thrown a curveball

Interesting report about how the Iraqi defector named Curveball fed us so much bad intelligence. Many of our intelligence analysts KNEW it was bad but, because Curveball was telling us what we (and by "we" I mean the people in the de facto Administration who were pushing for a war against Iraq) wanted to hear.

Again we see the Bush Administration for what it really is. A peculiarly Republican blend of stupid and dishonest, with a dash of zealotry and arrogance.