[FreeReign]

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.

Negroponte | Earlier: Analysts from the CIA and the DIA reviewed the translations and found that, while fascinating from a historical perspective, the tapes do not reveal anything that changes their postwar analysis of Iraq's weapons programs.

Negroponte | Later:These documents have provided, and continue to provide, actionable intelligence to ongoing operations. . . . It would be ill-advised to release these materials without careful screening because the material includes sensitive and potentially harmful information.

Do the underlined statements contradict each other? I'm not sure that it does.

I do know that all along it has been a policy of this administration not to release similar documents because they claim it might embarrass our allies.

Maybe they're afraid of a ports-type inappropriate reaction.

[Peach]

That could be, FreeReign.