They both served as VP. Faced hordes demanding their imprisonment. Shot people they knew. Colin Powell’s former chief of staff draws the eerie parallels between Dick Cheney and one of American history’s great rogues, Aaron Burr.
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson was Colin Powell’s chief of staff while he was Secretary of State during George W. Bush’s presidency. He has served as director of the U.S. Marines Corps War College, and on the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College, the College of William and Mary and The George Washington University.