I hit up the Daily Howler (link at the top of this page) looking for the dish on the Powell interview... It looks like I may have gotten this one spot on. Colin Powell Interview With Russert Is Cut Off (washingtonpost.com): "What happened was that both NBC and Fox News were using Jordanian television facilities for back-to-back Powell interviews. Russert was allotted 10 minutes and was asked to wrap when he went over by about two minutes. He said 'Finally, Mr. Secretary,' but abruptly lost his guest. Russert was still puzzled afterward. 'A taxpayer-paid employee interrupted an interview,' he said. 'Not in the United States of America, that's not supposed to go on. This is attempted news management gone berserk. Secretary Powell was really stand-up. He was a general and took charge.' Powell later called the NBC anchor from his plane to apologize for the glitch. State Department spokeswoman Julie Reside disputed Russert's characterization, saying that NBC 'went considerably beyond the agreed end time. Other networks were waiting for their interviews and had satellite time booked, and we didn't want to keep them waiting.' Asked why he simply didn't edit out the awkward interlude from the taped interview, Russert said: 'It's part of the story.' " Tim Russert is a goober.