More like a screwball, but the description fits...
From the Smirking Chimp's summary of What Every American Should Know About Iraq:
Curveball?
The case regarding Saddam's chemical weapons capability was similarly trumped up. It was based on the rantings of a single source, code-named "Curveball", whose handlers in the German intelligence service had repeatedly warned the administration that he was a drunk and a liar.
Curveball?
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