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The Resume

    Allegedly an Iraqi chemical engineer
    Provided intelligence to the CIA before the 2003 Iraqi war
    Allegedly defected from Iraq

Why he might be annoying:

    Like Deep Throat, he goes by an alias.
    He lied to the CIA.
    He said that Iraq had biological mobile weapons laboratories to elude inspectors, but they were never found.
    He did not contact the CIA directly, but his information was forwarded from German intelligence services to the CIA.
    German intelligence refers to him as an 'out-of-control and crazy alcoholic.'
    He was a major source for the 'hellfire and brimstone' rhetoric the Bush Administration used to go to war with Iraq.
    His information was used by Colin Powell when he appeared before the UN.
    An independent report exposing him as a fraud was suppressed by the Republicans until after the 2004 election.
    Many believe his information was given more credibility than it deserved because it supported the Bush Administration's plan to invade Iraq.
    We will never find these magnificent weapons he claimed to exist.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He picked a spy name that explains his function within the intelligence community.
    He was exposed as a fraud.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 85.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 72.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 78.72% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 67 Votes: 76.12% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 205 Votes: 75.12% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 63 Votes: 73.02% Annoying