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Article: U.S. spy chief urges patience: Negroponte denies accusations of bureaucratic bloat and slow reform.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- April 21, 2006
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Byline: Siobhan Gorman
Apr. 21--WASHINGTON--The nation's spy chief, John D. Negroponte, defended himself yesterday against critics who say that his first year has produced too much bureaucracy and not enough reform in the Cold War-era U.S. intelligence operation that he inherited. In a rare public appearance, Negroponte sought to reassure congressional critics that he is trying to meet demands for change and noted that he inherited "about 100 reform tasks" for his to-do list as director of national intelligence. Urging patience, Negroponte said that he is working to improve intelligence analysis and to guard against the problems that plagued U.S. ...