Negroponte: New Iraq NIE by month end

Now United States Director of Intelligence, Negroponte's service as Ambassador to Honduras under Reagan was said to include support for the infamous Honduran death squads. He was America's first Ambassador -- and highest ranking civilian -- to Iraq following the transfer of 'sovereignity' in June 2004. In early November, 2006, Negrponte made a surprise visit to Iraq to urge Prime Minister Maliki to take action against Moqtada al-Sadr. Negroponte is slated to leave his number one position in intelligence to become number two at State, where he will be coordinator of U.S. policy in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A new U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq will be finished at the end of January, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte said Thursday.

Negroponte announced he would undertake a new NIE specifically on Iraq on Aug. 4, 2006.

"There is a draft that's now being circulated for comment and concurrence by various intelligence agencies, and I estimate that it should be completed by the end of the month," Negroponte told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

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