But he used to be just fine with torture not too long ago. It seems more like he's distancing himself from Cheney and company than any sudden realization of scruples.
"Negroponte supervised the construction of the El Aguacate air base where Nicaraguan Contras <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras> were trained by the U.S., and which some critics say was used as a secret detention <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention> and torture <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture> center during the 1980s. In August 2001, excavations at the base discovered 185 corpses, including two Americans, who are thought to have been killed and buried at the site."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Negroponte
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From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of N P Childs Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:34 PM To: lbo-talk-lbo-talk.org Subject: [lbo-talk] Just goes to show, there really are some things a pig won't do for money......
Negroponte Won't Back Cheney on Torture http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805A.shtml US intelligence czar John Negroponte is declining to support Vice President Dick Cheney's effort to exempt the CIA from a law banning mistreatment of detainees.
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