The conversation dealt with meetings of White House staff regarding enhanced interrogation techniques, and IIRC Powell said they were discussed but no decisions were made --that those decisions were made by others AND there were written documents detailing who made those decisions.
Cheney digs at Powell every chance he can manufacture, likely because he knows Powell will eventually blow the whistle on him and identify written documents that may not have come to light yet.
http://www.rr.com/news/politics/article/9008/7706175/Cheney_backs_Limbaugh_over_Powell_on_GOP_futureCheney backs Limbaugh over Powell on GOP future
"Asked about recent verbal broadsides between Limbaugh and Powell, Cheney said, "If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd go with Rush Limbaugh. My take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn't know he was still a Republican."
Powell, who was secretary of state under President George W. Bush and held the nation's top military post under President George H.W. Bush, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president last year. Nonetheless, since the election he has described himself as a Republican and a right-of-center conservative, though "not as right as others would like."
Cheney, citing Powell's backing of Obama over Republican nominee John McCain, said, "I assumed that that is some indication of his loyalty and his interests."
Cheney's remarks on CBS' "Face the Nation" were the latest step in his slow-motion estrangement from Powell since the two worked closely together to manage the Persian Gulf war in 1991 _ Powell as the Army general who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Cheney as defense secretary for the elder Bush."
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