Plame regarding Powell's speech before the UN: "I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing"

[sabra]

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2008/02/18/news/news927.txt


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Plame also detailed what she said was the White House’s “unprecedented” involvement in intelligence gathering before the Iraq War and the often unsubstantiated evidence it used to make the case for war.

Field agents trying to determine whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction received calls from the vice president’s office for updates, Plame explained, which had never been done before.

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But perhaps most disheartening to Plame was then Secretary of State Colin Powell’s speech before the United Nations, she said, when he tried to show the danger Iraq posed.

“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing,” Plame said. “It had nothing to do with the intelligence I was privy to, and I was privy to a lot.”

“I went back to my desk,” she said later, “and my heart had just sank.”

[liberalmuse]

1. Good for her.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, either. I was so disgusted. I listened to his speech while working at my mapping job. Another reason I knew his claims of 'weapons labs' were bullshit. If an idiot like me knew the truth, I don't think there's much excuse for anyone else.