Fabulous. Looks like the man responsible for U.S.-backed Salvadoran death squads, and the man responsbile for suggesting U.S.-led Iraqi death squads, has just been nominated by our fearless leader as the new Director of National Intelligence.
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday nominated John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq (news - web sites), to fill the new position of director of national intelligence.
"The director's responsibility is straightforward and demanding. John will make sure those whose duty it is to defend America have the information we need to make the right decisions," Bush said. He also said Negroponte's role would be to "lead a unified community" and that the CIA (news - web sites) director would report to him. Negroponte, a surprise choice who had been ambassador to Baghdad for less than a year, met Bush at the White House this week. |
A surprise choice? When you've already got an Attorney General on board who has endorsed the idea of torture, isn't this the logical choice? God help us.
UPDATE: Want more? The New Republic has re-posted an article from March 19, 2001 looking at Negroponte's record on human rights. March, freedom, march.
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