[FreeReign]

Bush told Hadley to expedite the release of the Iraq documents. "This stuff ought to be out. Put this stuff out." The president would reiterate this point before the meeting adjourned. And as the briefing ended, he approached Pence, poked a finger in the congressman's chest, and thanked him for raising the issue. When Pence began to restate his view that the documents should be released, Bush put his hand up, as if to say, "I hear you. It will be taken care of."

Yes I stand corrected (Earlier in the article similar words were not quoted).

One scenario is that Bush had his mind changed after the meeting by Negroponte. Negroponte is a Bush appointee who is one of the good-guys in Washington. His long record of being on our side has made him an enemy of the left.

Most likely Negroponte advised the President not to release the documents and the President said okay let's not.

[Peach]

I've always liked Negroponte too.

What I don't get is that at first he said there was no historical value. Now he says the tapes provide actionable intelligence. That's quite a turnaround.

And certainly there would be a way to translate the tapes and provide a few more releases like the 12 hours given to ABC. At the very least it would be good for the administration to talk about those 12 hours.

Did you hear the former UN official call into the Sean Hannity show a few weeks ago? He translated the 12 hours of tape for ABC and Congress.

When ABC reported that Saddam said that he warned the US there would be a WMD attack but it wouldn't be from Iraq, the translator from the UN said that he actually translated that Saddam said he threatened the US with a WMD attack and we wouldn't be able to trace it to Iraq because he'd use a proxy.

Now THAT would be something the administration should highlight.