Re: [Pen-l] IraqTortureGate: Powell Denies Knowing He Used Tortured Evidence for UN Case

[Robert Naiman <naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Powell claimed not to know it on Sunday - as in, two days ago. See the
transcript and video of interview by Sam Husseini at the link.

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Bill O'Connor <billyoc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Robert Naiman <naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> The Senate Intelligence Committee knows that al-Libi's false, tortured
>> testimony linking Iraq to al-Qaida was part of Colin Powell's speech
>> to the UN. Human Rights Watch knows it. Lawrence Wilkerson knows it.
>> And you know it.
>>
>> But supposedly Colin Powell doesn't know it. Is this credible?
>>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/iraqtorturegate-powell-de_b_207482.html
>>
>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/26/8188/91703
>
> It's not credible that he doesn't know it *now*, but it seems quite
> likely that he was kept out of the loop on many things at the time.  I
> don't believe the Bush administration held the State Department in very
> high regard.
>
> --
> In Solidarity,
> Billy O'Connor
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