Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi

'Curveball': I Lied About Iraq WMD To Help Topple Saddam

Eric Lach | February 15, 2011, 10:55AM

Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, codenamed "Curveball" by German and American intelligence officials, now admits he made up tales of mobile biological weapons trucks and clandestine weapons factories in Iraq, information that was used by the Bush White House to press the case for war. He also says he'd do it again.

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Topics: Iraq War, Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, WMD

Don't Ask Don't Tell

Clinton Regrets DADT, Blames It On Powell (VIDEO)

Rachel Slajda | September 22, 2010, 1:01PM

In an interview with CBS News, former President Clinton said he regrets instituting Don't Ask Don't Tell -- but said the policy didn't work the way he was told it would.

Asked if he regretted it, Clinton -- who helped get the policy through Congress in 1993 -- said, "Oh yeah, but keep in mind, I didn't choose this policy."

"Don't ask, don't tell was only adopted when both Houses of Congress had voted by a huge veto-proof margin to legislate the absolute ban on gays in the military if I didn't do something else," he said. "They would never let me order, by executive order, allowing gays in the military."

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Topics: Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Don't Ask Don't Tell