December 17, 2005

NOT SAINT COLIN TOO?:

Powell raps Europe on CIA flights (BBC, 12/17/05)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has indicated that Europeans are being disingenuous when they deny knowledge of the rendition of terror suspects.

Mr Powell said the recently highlighted practice of moving people to places where they are not covered by US law was neither "new or unknown" to Europe.


Posted by Orrin Judd at December 17, 2005 8:04 PM
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But Gen Powell was dismissive of the furore in Europe.

"There's a little bit of the movie Casablanca in this, where, you know, the inspector says 'I'm shocked, shocked that this kind of thing takes place'.

He deserves points for this.

Posted by: Peter B at December 17, 2005 9:11 PM

We have seen special prosecutors and special grand juries and special indictments over someone having misremembered the order in which he received information concerning the identity of a former secret agent. What is to be done with the persons or persons who have betrayed secrets of this magnitude.

Remember, the greater the truth, the greater the harm to national security.

Posted by: Lou Gots at December 17, 2005 10:26 PM

The Democrats deserve all the same ridicule, of course...

Posted by: b at December 17, 2005 10:26 PM

Hey, he covered up MyLai for a year, was a good
friend of Prince Bandar, charter member of the
Carlyle Group, he knows hypocrisy when he sees
it.

Posted by: narciso at December 17, 2005 10:53 PM

?

What's wrong with the Carlyle Group?

Posted by: Ali Choudhury at December 18, 2005 7:15 AM

It's bought out the Trilateral Commission.

Posted by: David Cohen at December 18, 2005 10:17 AM
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