Colin Powell, Short-Timer
Yesterday, Tim Russert checked Colin Powell's current events knowledge:
MR. RUSSERT: There's a front-page report in The Washington Post today that the administration is considering a prison to detain alleged terrorists where they do not have enough evidence to bring them to prosecution. What's your role in that and do you seem...
SEC'Y POWELL: I am not familiar with that and I can't talk to it.
MR. RUSSERT: The State Department is involved.
SEC'Y POWELL: I just don't have the facts on that one.
MR. RUSSERT: Why would the United States detain people for life without bringing them to trial?
SEC'Y POWELL: I have no information on this one, Tim.
Yeah, why read the memos when you've only got a few weeks left on the job...
Transcript for Jan. 2 [MSNBC via Free Williamsburg ]