[eleni121]

Negroponte has all but totally gutted it.

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You must be kidding. But I will listen. In what way has Negroponte done anything at all to undermine the cleansing of subversive elements in the CIA? He is the one who called for the immediate translation of documents pertaining to Saddam's nuclear program in 2000. And Bush is the one who has not followed through to my understanding.

[HardStarboard]

>>>He is the one who called for the immediate translation of documents pertaining to Saddam's nuclear program in 2000.<<<

I believe you have this wrong. Negroponte was a huge obstruction to getting the "Iraq Documents" translated and released. Negroponte was afraid that there might some documents whose release could "offend" a friendly government......rumor he was worried about offending Russia or France!!

Rep Hoesktra (R-MI) (sp) took the lead on this effort and has been very vocal about the need to get them all translated. Hoesktra had to fight Negroponte to get this done. Basically he outflanked him by getting the documents controlled by the military and translated by freelancers: IE: Jveritas of Free Republic.

Bush, inexplicably, has not seemed interested in getting the facts out there!? Goss's resignation now makes me even more apprehensive that Bush has lost the initiative in the fight against our enemies (the WOT) and the Democrat enablers of our enemies.

[Wolfstar]

In what way has Negroponte done anything at all to undermine the cleansing of subversive elements in the CIA?

I didn't say he has. I said he all but gutted the job of CIA director. Most of the scope of the CIA director position has been absorbed into the job now held by Negroponte. This is neither surprising nor unexpected.