Robert Joseph keyin blocking negotiations w/ North Korea

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from talking points memo, from the Nelson report:

3. The implications of Tenet's counterattack are potentially huge: while Joseph is a career professional, his highly ideological approach to arms control, and refusal to countenance compromise, has made him a major political player by default, sources confirmed as early as 2002, due to his central role in blocking negotiations with North Korea…more on this in the next section of today's Report.



I am unaware of this Nelson Report, but it's interesting how one issue connects to another when these fabulous neocons are concerned.