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January

2005

FROM:

Vice

  mir

S.

Navy,

Director,

Defense

Intelligence

Agency

SUBJECT:

 S//NF)CURVEBALL

Background

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Desqjpion:

•

 3//I4)

Oirveball

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was

the

main

Intelligence

Community

source

repoziing.Iraq

bad

transportable

biological warfare agent production systems.

•

- 1/NryCB claimed to

be a

project

manager,

with

intimate

details

of an iraqi

mobile

BW

program

and

he

was

specifically

involved

in

the

design of mobile

production facilities.’

• - WftIT)

CB

demonstrated

extensive

knowledge

of

Iraq’s

BW program..

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Jny1vement

 b) 1)

 

4

 c)

• 4S,V?W)CB

was

a

source

of

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DM

was

made

aware

of CB

in

January

2000.

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4

•

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o

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funneled

requirements

to th

and

published the

resulttng

report

•

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DIA’s

involvement ended

in

September 2001

when

CB

ceased

to

provide

new

information.

 U)

Intelligence:

• .4S.4’?fCB

provided

detailed

information on

production

processes,

equipment,

concealment

methods,

personnel,

organizations

 n

locations

of the

transportable

sy tems.

•

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CB’s reporting

xe.suked

i D)OD

Inteffigence

Informaton

Reports.

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