I think the tapes would make Russia look the worst. Thats just my opinion from what I have heard so far from the tapes.
The same Russia that's helping Iran with their nuclear plans, yet, Negroponte doesn't want to 'EMBARRASS' them.
I have long thought that President Bush and President Vladimir Putin were secretly cooperating as allies in the weapons sanitation operation of Iraq. This event did take place. Putin helped the United States to rid Iraq of these weapons which could have been used against our troops or even worse, with the unstable nature of Saddam, used as a doomsday event to kill everyone in the region. Thus, Putin used his ties with Saddam to convince him to let go of the weapons. Perhaps he convinced Saddam that the weapons were worth too much to be lost in a faulty strategy designed to kill Americans. Perhaps Saddam was convinced that he could ride out the invasion hidden in a spider hole until the insurgence could drive the Americans back out and regain control. Saddam thought he could then come back to power and his friends, the Syrians, could return his weapons. The overall results saved American lives and insured the success of our overthrow of the Saddam regime. We owe lots of thanks to President Vladimir Putin. Not our scorn.
The above explains why this has been kept under wraps. Putin may want to help us in other efforts, such as Iran, and to reveal his part in helping the United States may not be a good thing. However, if the true story about Saddam's WMDs is revealed, it means that the Soviets will play a more direct part in the effort to defang Iran. I predict the Soviet's part in the plan will happen soon. The Soviets have much to risk with a nuclear Iran. I predict that the true story about Saddam's WMDs is being planned for release soon to get the American public's support for the next step in our War On Terror (WOT): action against Iran. Because this will be an expensive and complicated effort, we need all the support we can get.
There is also, what I call the Honeypot Strategy: The WMDs are being closely monitored. The "bears" attracted to the honeypot can also be closely monitored. The nature and identity of the "bears" drawn to the honeypot is intelligence information that has major importance. To make the "bears" think we don't know anything about the WMDs makes them do what "bears" want to do with picnic baskets.