# Colin Powell called prewar intelligence reports "Bullshit."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 2, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069 "2003-06-02T04:35:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069/221 "2003-06-10T16:15:09Z")

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Great, the friggin’ ex-KKKer is only one with the stones to say anything.

Those goddamn dickless democrats. What the creeping fuck will it take for them to stand up to Bush? It’s gone far beyond pathetic.

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**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069/222 "2003-06-10T16:30:57Z")

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Sheesh, what do you want? A Republican-style lynch mob for immediate impeachment? Nope, sorry, we’re the rational and sensible party. That’s why we’ve got Dems like Carl Levin (Senate Armed Services Committee) and Jay Rockefeller (Intelligence Committee) calling for congressional investigation of the White House’s apparent abuse of intelligence reports in service of its warmongering. They’re hardly alone on this–just check out CNN.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069/223 "2003-06-10T16:40:25Z")

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[The candidates are aware already.](http://slate.msn.com/id/2084178/)

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> “What did the president know, and when did he know it?” asked Dean.  
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> [Graham] wove the WMD controversy into a larger “pattern of deception,” extending from the administration’s secret energy task force to its suppression of deficit forecasts.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069/224 "2003-06-10T18:30:13Z")

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> \*Originally posted by elf6c \*  
> **Bushman says lots of things-- oh yeah! [thrusts hips vigorously].**

Is that with or without the massive flight-suit codpiece?

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**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069/225 "2003-06-10T20:17:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Cervaise \*  
> \*\*Is that with or without the massive flight-suit codpiece? \*\*

[Bushman] Say hello to my weapon of mass destruction! Oh Yeah!! [/Bushman] **[thrusts hips even more vigorously]**

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069/226 "2003-06-10T21:03:40Z")

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I’m not terribly surprised Dean said something, since he was against the war from the get-go and possibly has less to lose than the other candidates, who are more recognizable on a national scale.

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**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-powell-called-prewar-intelligence-reports-bullshit/179069/227 "2003-06-11T14:30:44Z")

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As usual the Onion says something funny (and accurate) regarding this:

[http://www.theonion.com/onion3922/infograph\_3922.html](http://www.theonion.com/onion3922/infograph_3922.html)

😃

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