US should improve Intel, says Noy after ‘diffident, unassertive’ picture
09/06/2011Irked at how a leaked United States Embassy Philippines cable painted an unflattering picture of him, President Aquino yesterday said the US needs to get better sources of information after the leaked US secret cable described him as “diffident and unassertive.”
Aquino said the unflattering description, published by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, would not affect the country’s relations with the US, a close ally, but remarked that the US should improve its intelligence.
In the cable, dated Jan. 22, 2010, then US ambassador Kristie Kenney described Aquino — a senator at the time — as “a diffident, unassertive man” carrying on his family’s political tradition in his quest to become president.
“Maybe they should assess their (US) capabilities to assess and gather the necessary information so they will get the right information on which to base their decisions,” Aquino told reporters..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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