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To: KLP who wrote (230395)	12/5/2007 3:16:40 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793905

I read that it's raining cats and dogs in your area, Karen. You must be setting in the house in the wee small hours listening to the downpour outside.

To: KLP who wrote (230395)	12/5/2007 8:17:54 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 793905

...aren't there any good people from State? No! No less odd is the NIE's conclusion that Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003 in response to "international pressure." The only serious pressure we can recall from that year was the U.S. invasion of Iraq. pundita.blogspot.com That the report cites international pressure instead of the invasion of Iraq shows the report writers partisan bias. ..during his last posting as U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, he became a parody of the FSO phenomenon known as "going native" — typically representing others' interests to Washington, rather than the other way around. During his tenure at the IAEA, Brill established himself as a tireless advocate of concessions, demarches, and appeasement demanded by, as he put it, the "spirit of Vienna" (i.e., the lowest-common denominator "consensus" positions usually dictated by the proliferators and their friends). In fact, according to those familiar with his work, Brill actually showed himself time and again to be hostile to the president's efforts to counter proliferation. He took a dim view of the most innovative approach to preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction in history: the Bush Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). He demurred at the interceptions it authorized, usually contending that the intelligence available was insufficient to justify such actions. He also repeatedly objected to and otherwise sought to undermine Administration efforts to bring effective international pressure to bear on the world's two most dangerous proliferation threats — Iran and North Korea. So egregious was Brill's conduct, according to insiders, that not only the administration's advocates of robust counter-proliferation policies opposed his being given any subsequent posting, let alone a promotion. Even then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and his Deputy, Richard Armitage, strenuously objected to his conduct at the IAEA and refused to give him another assignment. But for his prospective rehabilitation by Amb. Negroponte, Ken Brill would presumably conclude his career in government with his present year-long sinecure at the National Defense University. nationalreview.com "Vann Van Diepen...has spent the last five years trying to get America to accept Iran's right to enrich uranium. Mr. Van Diepen no doubt reckons that in helping push the estimate through the system, he has succeeded in influencing the policy debate in Washington. The bureaucrats may even think they are stopping another war." formerspook.blogspot.com