United States government officials that have colluded in aiding tragedies have subsequently been promoted in recent times. John Negroponte (I don't even want to know what his last name really means), Paul Wolfowitz, and Condaleeza Rice are the latest to fit this description. I'm going to go beat down the guy who runs the lottery in hopes of taking home the jackpot! Adios.
Here's the highlights:
Papers illustrate Negroponte’s Contra role
Nominee was active in U.S. effort, documents show
By Michael Dobbs
The Washington Post
"As Negroponte prepares for his Senate confirmation hearing today for the new post of director of national intelligence, hundreds of previously secret cables and telegrams have become available that shed new light on the most controversial episode in his four-decade diplomatic career.
"The secret message traffic suggests that Negroponte was highly attuned to the political and public relations ramifications of embassy and State Department reporting. He occasionally berated colleagues for their lack of discretion and worked hard to maintain the fiction that Honduras was not serving as the logistical base for as many as 15,000 anti-Sandinista rebels known as the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, or FDN."
Here's the link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7468275/
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