Colin Powell had to personally review and approve or dissent on every NIE (national intelligence estimate) produced by his analysts and every other agency analysts as a collaborative report
In those reports they could not dot an “i” or cross a “t’ if he disagreed with it, and his disagreement would have been highlighted
So don't buy that the po' noble black General got hoodwinked by the Bushies and Cheney
If he and is staff couldn't figure out the intelligence was bogus (if it even was) then he is dumber than a bag of hammers
“If he and is staff couldn’t figure out the intelligence was bogus (if it even was) then he is dumber than a bag of hammers”
And George W. Bush was the dumb Ass who hire him.