Powell’s authoritative UN case for war rested entirely on faulty intelligence.

Evidence

In a forceful speech to the UN Security Council, Secretary of State Colin Powell presented richly documented proof, including aerial photographs and even a vial that could have been used for anthrax, that Saddam possessed lethal weapons and was building a nuclear bomb. Much to Powell’s later chagrin, his entire case was founded on faulty intelligence (Jehl & Sanger, 2004). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2313

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2313