Biden Grilling Powell (continuing yest. testimony) on C-SPAN

[Eurobabe]

Continuation of yesterday's testimony. It's quite interesting, but no one has blown a gasket yet.

[seemslikeadream]

1. Thanks

I'll be watching! :nuke:

[Imalittleteapot]

2. Thanks.

Watching.

[abburdlen]

3. Sounded

like Biden was throwing Powell a bone-
something along the lines of let the record show Powel said Iraq is not a threat to the US

[seemslikeadream]

4. Someone ask Powell why bush called off investigating Saudis and Khan

You may never have heard of Khan Laboratories, but if this planet blows to pieces this year, it will be thanks to Khan Labs' creating nuclear warheads for Pakistan's military. Because investors had been tracking the funding for this so-called "Islamic Bomb" back to Saudi Arabia, under Bush security restrictions, the inquiry was stymied.(The restrictions were lifted, the agent told me without a hint of dark humor, on September 11.)

...A top-level CIA operative who spoke with us on condition of strictest anonymity said that, after Bush took office, "There was a major policy shift" at the National Security Agency. Investigators were ordered to "back off" from any inquiries into Saudi Arabian financing of terror networks, especially if they touched on Saudi royals and their retainers. That put the Bin Ladens, a family worth $12 billion and a virtual arm of the Saudi royal household, off limits for investigation.

I probed our CIA contact for specifics of investigations that were hampered by orders to back off of the Saudis. He told us that Khan Laboratories investigation had been effectively put on hold.

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=312&row=0

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5. Did Powell berate any Senate pages yet?

Or is he holding his fire for juicier targets, like, say, an intern or janitor?