Colin Powell Skates Free on Torture

Consortium News by Robert Parry | May. 25, 2009 (Opinion)

For a Washington press corps that has been up in arms challenging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the CIA obscured key details of the harsh interrogations from congressional leaders, it was impressive to see how little skepticism was evinced by Powell’s claim of ignorance from his seat on Bush’s Principals Committee. Full Story »

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 by J Sinclaire - May. 30, 2009

I totally agree that Colin Powell is getting a complete pass on the torture issue. I'm not sure if Nancy Pelosi is telling the whole truth, but no one has even asked Powell about it, and he was sitting in the room when decisions were made! Everyone should read this...good background on Powell and My Lai, which I'd heard about but haven't seen much on.

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