There are various news reports about Colin Powell being qiute upset about the lack of WMD found in Iraq and seemingly everything else.

He only needs to read his own transcripts from the Nexis archive, watch himself on video here , or reread this statement he made during a news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Amre Moussa. Here's the pertinent bit:

"We had a good discussion, the Foreign Minister and I and the President and I, had a good discussion about the nature of the sanctions -- the fact that the sanctions exist -- not for the purpose of hurting the Iraqi people, but for the purpose of keeping in check Saddam Hussein's ambitions toward developing weapons of mass destruction. We should constantly be reviewing our policies, constantly be looking at those sanctions to make sure that they are directed toward that purpose. That purpose is every bit as important now as it was ten years ago when we began it. And frankly they have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors. So in effect, our policies have strengthened the security of the neighbors of Iraq..."

Seems pretty clear to me. Powell believed that Iraq was not a threat to the U.S. or its neighbors until it was politically convenient to do so. Bad Colin.

The VOA has a snip from Greg Theilmann, a man I often reference in the missing WMD/stovepiped intelligence game. It's short but sweet.

Greg Thielmann, who until late 2002 was director of the Office of Strategic, Proliferation and Military Affairs in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, says the blame game now begins.

"The administration is finally admitting it did not present an accurate picture. And so the real question is, who is to blame," he said. "That is the hot issue: how much blame the intelligence community bears on this. And of course there are a number of people and organizations trying very hard to make sure none of the blame rubs off on the White House."

The VOA has much more. I have to hand it to Theilmann. He is an honest man in a deeply dishonest city.