John D. Negroponte/Articles & Commentary

The following are external links to articles & commentary related to John D. Negroponte.

Undated

 * John Negroponte: A Tradition of Deceit May I Speak Freely Media, undated.
 * John Negroponte, U.S. diplomat, CNN Interactive, undated.
 * United States Mission to the United Nations, "Biography of John D. Negroponte: United States Ambassador to the United Nations", undated, accessed April 2004.

1995

 * Gary Cohn and Ginger Thompson, "When a wave of torture and murder staggered a small U.S. ally, truth was a casualty: Was the CIA involved? Did Washington know? Was the public deceived? Now we know: Yes, Yes and yes.", Baltimore Sun, June 11, 1995.
 * Gary Cohn and Ginger Thompson, "A survivor tells her story: Treatment for a leftist: Kicks, freezing water and electric shocks. In between, a visitor from the CIA.", Baltimore Sun, June 15, 1995.
 * Gary Cohn and Ginger Thompson, "A carefully crafted deception", Baltimore Sun, June 18, 1995.

1999

 * Margaret Swedish"Former contra base may yield clues on Honduras' disappeared", Central America/Mexico Report, August/Spetember 1999.

2001

 * Maggie Farley and Norman Kempster, "Bush's U.N. pick faces battle over contra role; Congress: critics raise questions about John Negroponte's actions as Ambassador to Honduras and his knowledge of a C.I.A. backed death squad", Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2001.
 * Terry J. Allen, "In from the cold war: Bush's pick for U.N. Ambassador has some spooky stuff in his background", In These Times, April 2, 2001.
 * Bill Nichols, "Key senators blocking U.N. envoy confirmation", USA Today, July 22, 2001.
 * Patrick Martin, "Iran-Contra gangsters resurface in Bush administration", World Socialist Web Site, August 2001.
 * "More Bodies Found at Contra Base", Associated Press, August 31, 2001.
 * Nomination of John Negroponte as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from the Congressional Record: September 14, 2001 (Senate) Page S9431-S9433].
 * Stephen Kinzer, "Our Man in Honduras," New York Review of Books, September 20, 2001.

2002

 * Foreign Policy in Focus, "Other officials profiles", May 7, 2002.
 * U.S. State Department, "U.S. Wants Peaceful Disarmament of Iraq, Says Negroponte: Tells Security Council that resolution is a strong mandate for disarmament", November 8, 2002.

2004

 * Barry Schweid, "Negroponte May Become Baghdad Ambassador", Associated Press, April 13, 2004.
 * Steven R. Weisman, "Negroponte Is Expected to Be Picked for Iraq Post, New York Times, April 14, 2004.
 * Pete Yost, "Bush Names Negroponte Iraq Ambassador, Associated Press, April 19, 2004.
 * "Bush Taps Negroponte For Iraq Post", CBS News/AP, April 19, 2004.
 * Tony Solo, "Dorian Gray Goes to Iraq", May 3, 2004
 * Paul McGeough, "Allawi shot prisoners in cold blood: witnesses", Sydney Morning Herald, July 17, 2004.
 * Alan Ramsey, "Not the first 'closed' case for Negroponte", Sydney Morning Herald, July 21, 2004.

2005

 * Ray McGovern, "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here: Negroponte Will Fit Right In", TruthOut, February 19, 2005.
 * Katrina vanden Heuvel, "No Stems, No Seeds," The Nation, February 22, 2005: "In secretly taped conversations in 1998 and 1999, President Bush admitted to deliberately 'stoned-walling' the press about his past drug use during the 2000 election. ... If George Bush is the Cheech Marin of turning past vices into present virtues, then John Negroponte is Tommy Chong."
 * FAIR, Media Omissions on Negroponte's Record, February 22, 2005.
 * David Stout, "Negroponte Vows 'Unvarnished Truth' as Intelligence Chief", New York Times, April 12, 2005.
 * Michael Dobbs, "Papers Illustrate Negroponte's Contra Role: Newly Released Documents Show Intelligence Nominee Was Active in U.S. Effort", Washington Post, April 12, 2005.
 * Scott Shane, "Cables Show Central Negroponte Role in 80's Covert War Against Nicaragua", New York Times, April 13, 2005.

2006

 * Jeff Stein, "Negroponte Makes the Most of His Post as Minister Without Portfolio," CQ.com, March 3, 2006.
 * Joshua Micah Marshall, "Our intelligence czar living the czar's life," Talking Points Memo, March 6, 2006.
 * Andrew Buncombe and Stephen Khan, "CIA in disarray as Rumsfeld starts turf war with rival," The Independent (UK), May 7, 2006. re CIA and Donald H. Rumsfeld
 * Joshua Micah Marshall, Photograph of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, Yale University, 1960, Talking Points Memo, May 7, 2006: Porter J. Goss, John D. Negroponte, and William H.T. Bush.
 * Katherine Shrader, "New Intel Report Reignites Iraq Arms Fight," Associated Press (Washington Post), June 22, 2006: "The newly declassified military intelligence report was released Wednesday by National Intelligence Director John Negroponte." Congressmen Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) and Peter Hoekstra (R-Michigan) "had urged him to release the report this week during congressional debates on Iraq."
 * "Time: 'Steamy spy scandal' at State Dept. as Nat'l Intel czar Negroponte operation is linked to Taiwanese spying case," The Raw Story, July 17, 2006.
 * Walter Pincus, "National Intelligence Director Says He'll Stay On. Negroponte, the First to Hold Post, Plans to Remain Until End of Bush's Term," Washington Post, December 3, 2006.

2007

 * Katherine Shrader, "Spy chief said to be moving to State. Negroponte set to take position as Rice's deputy," Associated Press (Boston Globe), January 4, 2007.
 * Mark Mazzetti, "Intelligence Chief Is Shifted to Deputy State Dept. Post," New York Times, January 4, 2007.
 * Adam Zagorin and Elaien Shannon, "Behind Negroponte's Move. The Director of National Intelligence resigns to take a job as Condi Rice's deputy. Is it a loss for intelligence or a gain at State?" TIME Magazine, January 4, 2007.
 * David Morgan, "Negroponte's departure raises qualms on security issues," Reuters (UK), January 4, 2007.
 * Greg Miller, "US intelligence chief's departure sparks questions about post. Bush to nominate replacement today," Los Angeles Times (Boston Globe), January 5, 2007.
 * Katherine Shrader, " Associated Press (CBS News), January 5, 2007.
 * Mark Mazzetti and David E. Sanger, "Spy Chief’s Choice to Step Back Brings Speculation," New York Times, January 5, 2007.