it tasks secretary of state collin powell its most trusted public face, its most reluctant warrior to case against saddam hussein at the united nations. he is given a week to pull that presentation together. >> he walked in my office with a sheath of papers in my hand and he threw them down on my desk and he said that's the script of my present at the united nations. came from the vice president's office. it was junk. it was pure junk. i was in charge of putting it together. >> powell and wilkerson tore up the original 48-page script and start over with a team from the state department and cia. director george tenet suggests they base their presentation on the national intelligence estimate. which unbenoensed to powell is a deeply flawed document. still, he is wary bp. >> we went into a room. he slammed the door shut. he said, sit down. and he sat down. we were the only two people in the room. he looked at me and he said, this bull [ bleep ] of contacts with al qaeda has got to be taken out. it's bull [ bleep ]. and i said, i agree with you. let's take it out. done. within a half an h