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To: LindyBill who wrote (12269)	10/15/2003 3:11:43 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793858

Speaking of Powell...Greg Thielmann seems to be making the rounds again now accusing Colin Powell of not telling the truth about Iraq...(see CBS tonight).... I wondered "who is this man who retired from the State Department in Sept 2002", and who is paying him now? Was he terminated from the State Department, or did he quit? How much is his retirement pay? What proof does he offer to counter the intelligence services of our various government agencies? I do see that PBS had this interview with Pearle, Greg Thielmann , and Joseph Wilson. hummmmmmm...Wonder if Thielmann could be the "Sr Adm" leaker? Selective Intelligence pbs.org October 9, 2003 Critics of the Bush administration -- like former State Department intelligence official Greg Thielmann and former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson -- charge that in the buildup to war with Iraq, policy makers were "cherry-picking" intelligence from CIA and other intelligence agencies, publicizing only the information that would bolster the case for war and ignoring contrary evidence. Richard Perle of the Defense Policy Board denies that the administration was second-guessing the intelligence agencies, and accuses the intelligence community of being blind to crucial connections between Saddam and terrorist organizations. Here are excerpts from their interviews with FRONTLINE