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04/13/2005:

"Rough ride for Bush nominee"

The man chosen by George Bush to be the new US director of national intelligence yesterday denied that he had covered up human rights abuses when he was Washington's ambassador to Honduras.

John Negroponte came under fierce questioning from the Senate intelligence committee as his nomination for the role was considered.

The questioning coincided with the publication of diplomatic cables sent by Mr Negroponte in the 1980s which indicate that he secretly sought to undermine the peace process in central America and entertained the head of a group trying to violently overthrow the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. The documents show that he sought to cover up clandestine US involvement in the war in Nicaragua.
Full Article: guardian.co.uk