Ironically this is what many people thought when they saw Colin Powell go in front of the UN and do his song and dance about Iraq's WMD program. Which surely must have been a clear and present danger to the world at large, for this guy to go on record and stake his whole reputation and legacy on it.

And yet, when you actually listened to what the guy was saying ...

Indeed, you should actually listen to what this whistleblower is saying rather than relying solely on credentials.

I don't know though, whether Colin Powell risked his career in any way, it doesn't look like it.

You are weirdly not providing any reasoned arguments whatsoever, only illogical slander. Why is that?

The point is that just because someone with a chest full of medals says something, that doesn't make it so. You have to look into the evidence for the thing itself.

I think it's clear we're talking past each other by this point. Again, you can fit this news story into your head however you like.