BBC News: Bush names new intelligence head
President George W Bush has appointed John Negroponte as the first US director of national intelligence.

No surprise that this job has gone to a veteran headkicker/political appointee.

If you’re like me and your worldview and political outlook was informed early on by reading about the CIA-sponsored atrocities in Central and South America during the 1970s and 80s, you’ll be familiar with the name John Negroponte.

Google him for the choicer highlights of his auspicous career.