Here is the transcript of the Woodward interview

Why isn't Tenet the source of the questions and criticisms in this case?

Does it seem likely to anyone that if your CIA director tells you Its A Slam Dunk that Saddam had WMDs, and the consensus is sure SH is aiding al-Quaida, the best move is to take war to SH?

(3) Bush illegally diverted funds $ 700 Million, without Congress knowing (Woodward pointed out that a little document called the Constitution plainly states this is illegal.

Woodward is completely on board with the Bush agenda


- his book is being promoted on the Bush campaign site as "required reading"

- he received unprecedented support and access, given full cooperation, with 75 different officials and face time with Bush. I'm sorry people but NO ADMINISTRATION does this unless they are dealing with a shill for their interests.

- The things that we consider big deals are NOT the things the public will consider big deals. Bush is a spiritual man, that will make him shoot up 5 points, not hurt him at all. The public will hear that tenet was the one who said the evidence was a sure thing, so bush isn't to blame for that, and the rest of it is probably supported by the White House for the sole reason that it muddles the picture and comes off as an apology for Bush.

- It also leads people to think that planning for Iraq started shortly after 9/11, and we know this is a lie. Planning for Iraq had been on the agenda since day one.

Anyway, I don't lump Woodward in with O'Neil or Clarke as a man of conscience helping to expose Bush's insanity. I consider him a tool of the dark side, a wolf in sheep's clothing...

Powell denies Saudis knew Iraq war plan before him
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell denied as "silly" on Monday that he learned of President George. W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq after Saudi Arabia was informed, as journalist Bob Woodward has said.

Despite questions raised by a new Woodward book "Plan of Attack" that Powell had misgivings over the invasion, the retired general also said he knew he would support a war if he failed to find a diplomatic solution at the United Nations.

"I knew that it might happen, and I knew that when he (Bush) took that second road, I'd be with him for the whole way. I don't quit on long patrols," Powell said on the Sean Hannity radio show.

"I believe it was the right decision at the time (to go to war), and I believe it is the right decision now," he added.

The book has fueled election-year claims of rifts in the administration and that Bush was eager to invade Iraq despite warnings over an occupation that has turned out to be far more deadly for U.S. troops than the war.

Powell, who has been perceived as the most reluctant among Bush's key advisers to occupy Iraq, sought to defend his positions on the war after Woodward said he tussled with other top officials and was out of the loop on the final decision.

"When I told the president, 'This is going to be difficult, especially in the aftermath, and we are responsible for Iraq,' then I was doing my job," Powell said.

Bush told national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld first about his decision to go to war in January 2003, according to Woodward. A detailed plan was also shown to Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar bin Sultan before Bush told Powell of his final decision, Woodward said.

"That's silly because I participated in the development of the plan. I commented on the plan when it was being developed, and I knew when Vice President Cheney and Mr. Rumsfeld and General (Richard) Myers were going to go brief Prince Bandar on a plan, a plan that I was intimately familiar with," Powell said.

Powell said he did a couple of telephone interviews for the book after the White House asked Cabinet officials to cooperate with Woodward, who first won fame by helping to break open the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

Powell also denied another aspect of the book that said he had become estranged from Cheney because of their views on Iraq. He said they remained "friends" and had known for years how to air their differences.