Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Powell further exposes the lies

As I posted earlier, McClellan's remarks seem to confirm that the WH knew about the abuse claims way before they have admitted to having known. Now Colin Powell is saying that he kept the WH informed about the Red Cross complaints as well.

Blatant lies. Over and over and over.

Why are they still in office?

Okay, I think the wheels are now officially off this car. The Baltimore Sun quotes Colin Powell as saying that "we kept the president informed of the concerns that were raised by the ICRC and other international organizations as part of my regular briefings of the president, and advised him that we had to follow these issues, and when we got notes sent to us or reports sent to us ... we had to respond to them, and the president certainly made it clear that that’s what he expected us to do."

Powell further said that he, Rice and Rumsfeld kept Bush “fully informed of the concerns that were being expressed, not in specific details, but in general terms.”

Not only does that contradict what the White House and the president have said. It contradicts the testimony of one of Don Rumsfeld's principal deputies [Stephen Cambone] from only yesterday.
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