we did. >> rose: one argument made is we have too many military people in the job of d.n.i., john negroponte was not a military person but your successor was. should it be a military person or does it matter? >> it doesn't matter. i think the director of the c.i.a. should be a professional military person eye mean, a professional c.i.a. person, excuse me. i just think that organization is so complex and the history of the people who have been the really great directors are the ones who come out of it, especially at a time when you need to try change. and, also, i know plenty of people in the senior ranks of the c.i.a. who would make wonderful directors. my judgment is calendar by that. as far as the d.n.i., i think you need to know something about intelligence. you can gain that in a lot of ways, and that could be military or someone else. >> rose: the level of a human intelligence and, b., intelligence cooperation, this whole cargo bombing episode from yemen, this didn't happen on your watch. we would not have known about that and it might have succeeded except for saudi intelligence. >> th

in a memo from the secretary of state at the time, john negroponte writes a letter to the armenian president-- first reaction to that? guest: it is not a surprise. even during the war in iraq, there was a lot of evidence that there was harbor from iran making its way to iraq, killing american troops. host: secondly, any state department official writing an e-mail, sending a memo, will that change because of wikileaks, what they say in the memo? guest: i am sure it has changed already. people are looking at it and say, and may not write anything. in five years, this may be public. sure, it is going to change. host: frank, long beach, california. you are on with pete hoekstra. caller: good morning. i would just like to say, i am a 69-year-old marine corps veteran. with the stuff that we found out was made up in vietnam, the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction in iraq, the people releasing this information are heroes. i would like to know how we can get him the presidential medal of freedom. man is a patriot. he is the one who is telling us what is going on in the world. -- this