Bob Woodward: State of Denial

Bob Woodward gave the keynote speech at a conference I attended today and gave his insider point of view about what's been going on in Washington over the 1400-plus days since the Iraq War began.

Mr. Woodward made the White House sound like any other workplace, with rivalries, damage control and personnel strategies. The only difference: these employees sent the country to war.

Woodward described his one-on-one interview with G. Bush. Woodward said he spent 3.5 hours with Bush and asked him 500 questions. (Must have been yes-or-no questions.)

Mr. Woodward told a story about Colin Powell whom he interviewed as a general in 1990. Powell said then, never trust anything the CIA tells you and more importantly, never act on that information.

Thirteen years later, Mr. Woodward said, Powell would ignore his own advice.

I can't wait to read the book.