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Desk and he said that's the script of my presentation at the united nations. it came from the vice president's office. it was junk. it was pure junk. i was in charge of putting it together. >> powell and wilkerson tear up the original 48-page script and start over with a team from the state department and cia. director george tenet suggests they base their presentation on the national intelligence estimate, which unbeknownst to powell is a deeply flawed document. still, he is wary. >> we went into a room, he slammed the door shut. he said, sit down. and he sat down. we were the only two people...

Warrior, to make the case against saddam at the united nations. he's given a week to pull that presentation together. >> he walked in my office with a sheath of papers in his hand, and he threw them down on my desk and he said that's the script of my presentation at the united states. it came from the vice president's office. >> it was junk. it was pure junk. i was in charge of putting it together. >> powell and wilkerson tear up the original 48-page script and start over with a team from the state department and cia. director george tenet suggests they base their presentation on the national ...

True. >> it's a real sleight of hand. and i think it's kind to call that disingenuous. >> on the heels of the president's speech, the administration plays its ultimate trump card. it tasks colin powell, its most public trusted face, its most reluctant warrior to make the case against saddam hussein at the united nations. he is given a week to pull that presentation together. >> he walked into my office with a sheaf of papers in my hand and he threw them down on the desk and said that's the script of my presentation at the united nations. it came from the vice president's office. it was junk. i...

And i think it's kind to call that disingenuous. >> on the heels of the president's speech, the administration plays its ultimate trump card. it tasks colin powell, its most public trusted face, its most reluctant warrior to make the case against saddam hussein at the united nations. he is given a week to pull that presentation together. >> he walked into my office with a sheaf of papers in my hand and he threw them down on the desk and said that's the script of my presentation at the united nations. it came from the vice president's office. it was junk. it was pure junk. i was in charge of pu...

The national intelligence estimate, which unbeknownst to powell is a deeply flawed document. still, he is wary. >> we went into a room. he slammed the door shut. he said "sit down." and he sat down. we were the only two people in the room. he looked at me and said this [ bleep ] of contacts with al qaeda has got to be taken out. it's [ bleep ]. and i said i agree with you. let's take it out. done. within a half an hour, tenet comes in and explosively tells about this high level al qaeda operative who has been interrogated and admitted to these contacts. whoa. and we put it back in. >> that wou...