I read it - its a stretch. its a stretch to believe Powell knew for sure that the whole sequence of events with Fitzgerald et al, that came after, would surely have happened.
Geesh...Powell/Armitage are joined at the hip...what one knew, the other knew. Armitage is Powell's sock puppet or as one writer put it he's the IRON Fist in Powell's velvet glove. Powell is a little mean anti-Semite it seems, and so is Armitage. The term neo-cons is a tip-off.