Negroponte former participant in Iran Contra affair now appointed to what!

As usual, the story behind Negroponte's appointment escapes our sanitized media. As I sit at home with a temp of 101, and the flu (despite the fact that I had a flu shot) I could not help myself, and had to drag myself to my computer to catch up on emails, blogs, etc. It could be considered an addiction, I suppose, but I think my need to check the news, the blogs, etc is driven more by a nagging worry that our bully President, his cabinent and lackeys will come up with another way to scare the American public into believing more horse hockey.