Secretary of State Colin “Powell made a last-ditch effort, calling [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice on January 25, 2002, and insisting that they couldn’t do this [nullify the Geneva Conventions], that he had to see the President [Bush] in person about it. His office was already inundated with cables from allied countries in shock that America would ignore its treaty obligations. Many warned that this would inhibit their ability to fully cooperate with the United States in the war on terror.”
– Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 124