Friday night trivia question, re: John Negroponte.

Here he is, sitting behind Colin Powell as Powell gives his now infamous WMD presentation to the U.N.:



Tonight's question: why was Negroponte wearing an earpiece?

Maybe there's a simple explanation, but it has always struck me as strange. KO's reprise of his reporting on the Nexus of Terror and Politics, in light of Tom Ridge's new revelations, brought it back to mind.

We learned (later) that Powell was having his conversations surreptitiously monitored by the administration's hard-liners (i.e., OVP).

We know Negroponte understands English. Why the earpiece?


All theories and conjectures welcome.

that's why I'm still curious, after all this time, about the specifics.

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http://www.truthout.org/article/dahr-jamail-negropontes-serious-setback

The human rights violations carried out by Negroponte were described as "systematic."

These violations Negroponte oversaw in Honduras were carried out by operatives trained by the CIA. Records document his "special intelligence units," better known as "death squads," comprised of CIA-trained Honduran armed units which kidnapped, tortured and killed hundreds of people. Victims also included US missionaries (similar to Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq) who happened to witness many of the atrocities.

Negroponte had full knowledge of these activities, while he made sure US military aid to Honduras increased from $4 million to $77.4 million a year during his tenure, and the tiny country became so jammed with US soldiers it was dubbed the "USS Honduras."

It is also important to remember that Negroponte oversaw construction of the air base where Nicaraguan Contras were trained by the US. This air base, El Aguacate, was also used as a secret detention and torture center during his time in Honduras.

While Negroponte was the US ambassador to Honduras, civilian deaths sky-rocketed into the tens of thousands. During his first full year, the local newspapers carried no less than 318 stories of extra-judicial attacks by the military.

still "advises" Hillary Clinton.

can't remember his name right now, but he, in turned gave Mother Theresa a bunch of money and flew her all over the place on his jet.

for clients. Their flagship is in DC.

joe the fricking plumber!

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/joe-plumber-more-joe-keating-family-

Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. Who’s Robert Wurzelbacher? Only Charles Keating’s son-in-law and the former senior vice president of American Continental, the parent company of the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan. The now retired elder Wurzelbacher is also a major contributor to Republican causes giving well over $10,000 in the last few years.

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I never saw that connection during the election, but I did know about Lindner playing a big role in McCain money raising

they live there. Unbelievable.

There is also a McCain-Negroponte connection via the IRI -- International Republican Institute.

http://www.iri.org/

These people funnel money to right wing nutcases all over and especially, to Latin America. McCain is in it up to his eyeballs.

Is there anything about McCain that isn't fundamentally insincere?

for the escalation of the BFEE crimes. Like a frat boy, he's always been interested in going along to get along, with the idea of one day being the head of it all.

I apologize.

were staged from Honduras, which was basically our landing strip.

is Negroponte's specialty.

No wonder he was considered useful in the Iraq war project.

things. Like a full-scale illegal war. What was his role, and why the heck did he need translation while playing babysitter to Powell at the U.N.?

maybe for Central American reasons unknown presently?

But I also suspect that that isn't a sufficiently nefarious explanation.

Maybe he was delegating minions to plug the holes in the story that we were pointing out.

if he went off script. Either is just as likely.

if he went off the reservation.