By naming
John Negroponte as his nominee for the position Director of National Intelligence, Bush continued his practice of promoting torturers and war criminals. As ambassador to Hondurus (de facto pro-consul) during the Reagan Administration Negroponte, at the very least, knew about the
death squads, known as
Battalion 3-16, and
lied to Congress about it. He also oversaw the construction of the torture facility known as the
El Aguacate air base. In 2001 a mass grave containing 185 corpses was unearthed at the air base.
In other torture news...
Iraqi prison death linked to torture
Friday, February 18, 2005
By Seth Hettena, The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO -- An Iraqi whose corpse was photographed with grinning U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib died under CIA interrogation while in a position condemned by human rights groups as torture -- suspended by his wrists, with his hands cuffed behind his back, according to reports reviewed by The Associated Press.
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