Colin Powell On 20/20

By John Amato — September 9, 2005

Barbara Walters interviewed Powell on Friday night. He talked about his role in the run-up to the war in Iraq.

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Powell: There were some people in the intelligence community who knew at that time that some of these sources were not good, and shouldn't be relied upon, and they didn't speak up. That devastated me."

Powell blamed his speech to the U.N. on intelligence that people in the Intel community withheld from him. Give me a break. FAIR has some analysis disputing that. Powell did offer up an intersting tidbit about loyalty. This administration values loyalty over leadership to such a fault that lives are held in the balance...

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