I'm not suggesting such an "uncontrolled" release of documents that have not even been reviewed. I AM suggesting that it is "madness" that 3 years after we went into Iraq so little has been done by our government to counter the critics, both domestic and foreign, who have savaged our standing and credibility in the world. As I said in my 2nd post above, I am not denying there are very serious dilemmas between preserving intel in secret vs. public justifications, BUT I am concerned that keeping everything secret has allowed our credibiity to be SAVAGED and that in fact has grave effects upon our ability to deal with Iran and North Korea, our ability to act forcefully on intel in the future, etc. I'm not denying the dilemma, I'm saying that all weight seems to have been placed only on one side of the scales.
I have no idea why this has not been a bigger story. All I can ponder is that maybe they're not quite as aggressive just now, but come 2006, things will change.
That does us no good between now and then, and as you've stated, the damage has been done. No thanks to our media or our "We oppose the war, but we really, we promise, support the troops!" crowd.
Is Negroponte and his dept. higher up than the Pres. or the security counsel?
He sounds like someone covering butt or with a king complex.
In addition - how is that only about 3% (!) of the docs have been translated! Seems they aren't even looking for information. Is it because they already know some things that will be in there that will prove embarrassing to THEM? - or that will back up Bush's whole premises?
Where does Negroponte get the authority to make the decision what should and what shall not be released at least to the Pres. and the sec. council?