[Miss Marple]

Woodward says he has tapes of his sources. Whether he has an interview with Powell is another story.

You need to think this through. I ws willing to give Woodward the benefit of the doubt, but Powell's statements pretty much charge him with twisting the truth.

[Torie]

Look, Powell has almost a duty to smooth this one over. To take his take as gospel, particularly when Woodward has not had a chance to respond in full, would be a mistake. I hope we find out if Woodward has tapes to back up what he said Powell said, and Woodward's interpretation of what Powell said.

In any event, I think Powell over time changed his mind (that is my distinct impression), and got on board with both his heart and mind, perhaps after the French screwed him. None of this matters anyway, as to when Powell was estranged, and when he was not. I want to know more about the 700 million.