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New York, Tuesday, April 20, 2004 

Powell regrets ‘Gestapo’ reports

COLIN Powell said he regrets reports that he described a Pentagon department as “the Gestapo” [the Secret State Police organ of Nazi Germany].

In a book by Bob Woodward about the lead-up to the Iraq war, the U.S. secretary of state is quoted as resenting the influence of Douglas Feith, the under-secretary of defense for policy, who was pro-war. In the book, Powell describes Feith, who is Jewish, and his staff as “the Gestapo.”

“I don’t recall saying that, but it is a terrible term to use,” Powell told The Associated Press. “And it is out of place, completely out of place. I have known Doug Feith for many years. We have agreed on many issues and disagreed on some. And I just regret that that has gotten into the literature and become a fact.” 

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