Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180514:11:32:00
2004. there was a feeling inside the green zone that you were chosen for your loyalty to the white house. it was a political operation above all. it was not about the kind of boring details about electricity generation or the recruitment of the iraqi police force. over time, there was a disconnect between what was going on inside and outside and i heard this from people like larry wilkerson who were colin powell's chief of staff. he said at the time our government chose people on the basis of loyalty above all and as a result we ended up with an organization that was in political lockstep but ...