On Meet the Press, Russert almost never had a chance to ask Powell about the faulty Iraqi intelligence. Moments before Russert asked what turned out to be his final question, an aide of Powell, who was at a remote location, abruptly pulled the camera away from the secretary in an attempt to cut the interview short. Even though NBC recorded the interview hours before it was aired, the interview was broadcast unedited. One moment viewers saw Powell speaking in Jordan at a resort on the Dead Sea. The next moment all one could see was the Dead Sea. After the interview concluded Russert told the New York Times “I’ve been doing this program for 13 years and nothing like that has ever happened. I remember sometimes in countries around the world this happens, but not in America.” The State Department says it tried to pull the plug not because of Russert’s questioning but because the interview went on too long.