Hollleeeee Shit! John Negroponte as Top Spy?

[Armstead]

Just heard on radio that Bush has nominated this guy as the new Intelligence Czar.

This is baaaaaad.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20050217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_intelligence_chief_27
Bush Nominates Negroponte As Intel Chief

13 minutes ago Top Stories - AP


By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday named John Negroponte, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (news - web sites) and currently the administration's top representative in Iraq (news - web sites), to be America's first national intelligence director.

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Negroponte's confirmation to the United Nations post was delayed a half-year mostly because of criticism of his record as the U.S. ambassador to Honduras from 1981 to 1985. In Honduras, he played a prominent role in assisting the Contras in Nicaragua in their war with the left-wing Sandinista government.

Human rights groups alleged that Negroponte acquiesced in human rights abuses by Honduran death squads funded and partly trained by the CIA. Negroponte testified during the hearings for the U.N. post that he did not believe death squads were operating in Honduras.

In the past year, the intelligence community has been faced with a series of negative reports, including the work of the Sept. 11 commission and the Senate Intelligence Committee's inquiry on the flawed Iraq intelligence.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Death squads and disappearances in the US

No film at 11

[Armstead]

2. It's a sad comment that this guy is even being considered.

I guess next it'll be Oliver North for National Security Council

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. It's a foregone conclusion that he is considered

What is SAD is that he has won confirmation for ANYTHING thus far...

[Armstead]

5. Heck if Iran Contra happened today, people would just yawn

It's amazing how far stanards can slip in a few short years.

[Webster Green]

4. Very bad....he has a habit of making dissenters "disappear"....

...Until their bodies are found at the edge of town, tortured to death, with their genitals cut off and placed in their mouths.

He's a real american hero, and Bush's kind of guy!

[Armstead]

6. I just hope the Democrats don't voluntarily disappear on this

If they go along with this nomination without a fight.....grrrrr.

[neweurope]

7. On German "Spiegel online" they just said he is "very respected even

by the oppositional Democrats".

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Armstead]

9. That's an example of why we're in such a fix

[charlie]

10. If the Dems go to the mattresses

it would be weird to watch the confirmation with a group of Iraqis. We'll vote to send him over there, but fight like wildcats to keep him from a job at home... try to explain that one to them.

[ulysses]

15. no shit.

Then again, what really needs to happen is to have someone stand up and call the administration on the whole game of "nominate the scariest fuckers until one gets through by weight of numbers".

It's getting worse. Negroponte is a genuinely bad human being, and the message that this nomination sends to the rest of the world is horrific. Add this to the whole "Salvador option" crap, and things must seem frighteningly familiar to folks in Central America.

:mad:

[LynnTheDem]

8. No Criminal Left behind; they're all working in the bush White House,

bringing back INTEGRITY.

How many nations is Negroponte not allowed in as he's a wanted criminal?

How many felons does bush actually have on his staff; the number's climbing.

[Ms. Clio]

11. Fresh from all his successes in Iraq

This is really horrifying. Gonzales, Chertoff, Negroponte--I see very dark days ahead.

[DistressedAmerican]

12. If You Can't Get Good Intelligence, Get Bad Stuff From Someone You Know!

[DistressedAmerican]

13. Already the appeasers are lining up to support him.

Pelosi says she "looks forward to working with him" for christ sake!


http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/17/intelligence.chief/index.html

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Negroponte, 65, has been the top U.S. diplomat in Iraq since June.

He was the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2001 to 2004. (Profile)

Bush also announced that he had chosen Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, director of the National Security Agency, as Negroponte's deputy.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said she looks forward to working with both men.

[Armstead]

14. Oh, Nancy, Nancy

We're giving Bush the trifecta. It's a good thing Torquemada isn't alive. He'd be a great addition to the Bush team.

[DistressedAmerican]

16. There May Be Plans in The Offing To Bring Some Folks Back!

How about Strom. He's relatively fresh!

Joe McCarthy would be a nice addition.

[TrustingDog]

17. the more filthy dirty murderous you are, the higher up you go...

that's the bush/neocon way.

I'll expect other 'surprises' - like lizzie borden given huge corporate tax breaks for manufacturing axes.