Is Colin Powell affiliated with the Freemasons?
No. Quoting masonicinfo.com: “Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State, military officer who became a four star general, held the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor and much more. His name appears on a number of web sites as being a 33rd Degree (they leave out “Scottish Rite” but it doesn’t matter because it’s all a contrived lie regardless) Mason. However, just look at ANY of these sites where General Powell’s name appears and you’ll find that they are hyper-conspiracy venues and/or sites with rabid religious rants. Apparently because someone is able to make something out of themselves – unlike those site creators – they’ve just GOT to be getting help from their membership in the Freemasons. Surely, they’d all be knuckle-draggers were it not for their supposed Masonic membership, right? With all of the tremendous accomplishments of Secretary Powell including two Presidential Medals of Freedom, the President’s Citizens Medal, the C