To: LindyBill who wrote (143949 ) 10/21/2005 2:42:44 AM From: KLP Respond to of 793933 "Knife in the back, indeed." Ignatius is a wannabe elitist...Look at this paragraph. No proof. No names. No numbers. How do we know it was even one person that said whatever???? The whole article is ripe with non-proveable statements...not that he cares. Other media will take whatever he says, and run with it, pretending it actually news. For instance:Negroponte has inevitably concentrated on the small islands he actually controls within the intelligence archipelago -- the daily briefing of the president and the top-level analytical group known as the National Intelligence Council. Observers say that has led to crisper analysis of political options in Syria and Iraq. >>>>>>>Observers?????Who are they? Come on, Iggy...... But some worry that Negroponte is so linked to the White House that he may politicize the process. >>>>>>BUT SOME????? who are the "some" >>>>>> "is so linked<<<< Really????What proof of that, specifically??? >>>>>> "that he may politicise... MAY? MAY? MAY? You're leading, counselor. They cite the DNI's release this month of excerpts from a letter allegedly written by al Qaeda strategist Ayman Zawahiri just as Bush was making a major speech on al Qaeda terrorism. >>>>>THEY CITE???? WHO is the They in your back pocket???? Revealing the letter made sense, despite questions about its authenticity, but not as a prop for a presidential speech. >>>>>"Revealing the letter made sense".....How BIG of you, Iggy... >>>>>> "DESPITE questions about its authenticity..." REALLY....and your proof is? WHAT QUESTIONS, and who is doing the questioning, Iggy? >>>>> "But not as a prop......" Again really, Iggy.... How clever of you to know all the answers, and all the innuendo...