Tuesday, May 19, 2009

How Torture Trapped Colin Powell

By Ray McGovern
May 18, 2009

"Four days before trying to sell the invasion of Iraq to the United Nations, Secretary of State Colin Powell was ready to scrap dubious allegations about Saddam Hussein’s ties to al-Qaeda but was dissuaded by top CIA officials who cited a new “bombshell” that now appears to have been derived from torture, a top Powell aide says....."

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