First I wouldn't call it decpetion and second his motives could be -- god forbid -- national security as he states.
His motives might very well be national security, but which nation?
The President wants them released. Are you saying that he has less of a worry over national security than Negroponte? Besides, it's not as if these are tapes of U.S. intelligence where the infomation release would be directly harmful to U.S. assets. This is Iraq/Hussein information, the only assets that may be compromised are people who worked with Hussein, or items that should have long been investigated by us already.
If the President wants them released, he should just do it. Negroponte works for him, not the other way around. This is just stupid.
No, I'm not saying that nor do the facts as outlined in the article point to that conclusively.
The president says he wants the docs released. He didn't say how and he didn't say when.
Subsequent to the President's remark, Negroponte says that they should be released after they are carefully screened.
Tell me how you know from the timing of both of those statements and the content of those statements that the President and Negroponte are now not in agreement?