[tsmith130]

What, exactly, is Negroponte's reasoning behind not releasing this information? I don't get it.

[Poodlebrain]

AS DNI Negroponte has to have decent relationships with the intelligence organizations of other nations in order to do his job effectively. It would be nice to embarrass the leaders of our "allies" who have been less than fully supportive of our efforts. However, by doing so we could strain our relationships with their intelligence professionals and jeopardize our long-term interests.

[FreeReign]

What, exactly, is Negroponte's reasoning behind not releasing this information? I don't get it.

It might help for you to read the article.

Article | Excerpt | Negroponte: "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."

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

From the article:

[For months, Negroponte has argued privately that while the documents may be of historical interest, they are not particularly valuable as intelligence product. A statement by his office in response to the recordings aired by ABC said, "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."

Left unanswered was what the analysts made of the Iraqi official who reported to Saddam that components of the regime's nuclear program had been "transported out of Iraq." Who gave this report to Saddam and when did he give it? How were the materials "transported out of Iraq"? Where did they go? Where are they now? And what, if anything, does this tell us about Saddam's nuclear program? It may be that the intelligence community has answers to these questions. If so, they have not shared them. If not, the tapes are far more than "fascinating from a historical perspective."]

This doesn't exactly square with their steadfast refusal to release these 'inconsequential' documents. Doesn't pass the 'smell test'

[Calvin Locke]

Probably some Soviet, er, Russian oil company is going to hire Negroponte and/or associates after they do all the damage
they can while at Foggy Bottom.

Maybe the Russians contracted to buy a book by Negroponte?

Isn't that how it's done?