Philippe Sands On Hardball: There's Yet ANOTHER Memo...

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Philippe Sands On Hardball: There's Yet ANOTHER Memo

Submitted by JonathanSchwarz on Tue, 2006-03-28 14:03. Media
Philippe Sands was on Hardball last night. He's the U.K. law professor who originally broke the news on the memo recording the January 31, 2003 Bush/Blair meeting at the White House.

His book, "Lawless World," isn't available in the U.S. yet. And I was genuinely surprised when Sands said it also mentions ANOTHER memo:

...one other aspect that I've described in my book, "Lawless World" that hasn't emerged so much in "The New York Times" is another memo, which records a conversation between Colin Powell and his counterpart in the United Kingdom, Jack Straw, which makes it clear that in Colin Powell's eyes if there wasn't enough evidence for a second security council resolution, then there wasn't enough evidence to justify the U.S. going in alone.

This immediately reminded me of a story the Guardian published on May 31, 2003. The story claimed a transcript of a conversation between Colin Powell and his U.K. counterpart Jack Straw was circulating in NATO circles. Supposedly they spoke briefly before Powell's address at the U.N., and both had deep concerns about the Iraq intelligence:

Mr Powell told the foreign secretary he hoped the facts, when they came out, would not "explode in their faces."

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/9849

[babylonsister]

1. Now would be the perfect time for Powell to get in front of a

camera and tell us how he was duped if he was. His silence speaks volumes. Maybe he's licking his wounds from that explosion to his face?:eyes:

[MadMaddie]

2. Well since the * adminstration used him like a house boy....

and disrepected him every chance they got...I hope that he steps up and maybe just maybe he can earn some of the respect that he lost......

[Faygo Kid]

3. Can't figure Powell out. Maybe there just isn't much there, after all.

He is the one person who could have blown Bush out of the water before the 2004 elections. Unfortunately, his military sense of loyalty extended to his Leader, not his nation. He will be recalled by history as a pathetic figure.

[MadMaddie]

4. That's true....don't forget he helped cover up the Mai Li massacre

during the Vietnam war....so he will be forever connected to both the Vietnam and Iraq debacles....

Yea...he will be as you describe a "pathetic figure" as history looks back on his deeds.

[OKIsItJustMe]

5. Why wait? Get it now!

His book, "Lawless World," isn't available in the U.S. yet.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141017996/