Colin Powell: “I have been briefed on some of the programs we have.”

It was awful. He was going in there to overturn the government.

As secretary of state, I'm obliged not to participate in any way, shape, fashion, or form in a political debate. I take no sides in the matter.

We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that 'shining city on a hill.'

Guantanamo has cost us a lot over the years in terms of our standing in the world and the way in which despots have hidden behind what we have done at Guantanamo.