Pulitzer prize winning journalist Thomas Powers. His new book is âIntelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaedaâ (New York Review Books). POWERS wrote about Iraq after the war in the New York Times article, âThe Man Who Would Be Presidentâ (Sunday, 3/16/03). He writes, âWhat then happens to Iraqâs 23 million people, its oil and its relations with its neighbors will remain the personal responsibility of Mr. Bush and his successors in the White House until one of them chooses to surrender it.â