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In August 2002, it was revealed, that some U.S. diplomats got criticised of Colin Powell, who were using emails which deemed disrespectful to President Bush and certain members of Congress. One email memo, written by the U.S. Consul General Charles Keil, the ranking U.S. official in Italy, was sent to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage (->), among other officials, likened portions of Mr. Bush's war on terrorism to a "witch hunt" that "smacks of the days of Senator Joseph McCarthy." State Department employee Columbia A. Barrosse responded that the White House would appoint a "neo-nazi" to replace former Assistant Secretary of State Mary Ryan, who recently retired because of the department's negligence in the issuance of U.S. visas, including as many as 15 visas (->)to the terrorist hijackers of September 11...