Come on folks, this is not like you worked for McDonald's and then went over to Burger King.
This honey must be a real wiz 'cause she has carried the ball for three presidents. . . . Almost three anyway. Let's see, Clinton, Castro, and Obama. . . . Did I say Castro, Yup I sure did.
Today, the Obama White House announced the nomination of Mari Del Carmen Aponte as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador. It is not Ms. Aponte’s first brush with an ambassadorship. In 1998, President Clinton nominated her to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. She was forced to withdraw her name from consideration over allegations of ties to the Cuban spy agency.Inside scoop:
Aponte allegedly cohabited with an agent of the Cuban intelligence service, known as DGI. The man, who was not named in the memo, later was identified in followup press reports as Roberto Tamayo.
In October, eight months after Insight’s exclusive story concerning White House security lapses and Aponte’s relationship with the suspected spy (see “Do You Want to Know a Secret?” March 23, 1998) the former member of Clinton’s transition team quietly stepped aside. It was only earlier this month that news emerged about her withdrawal.
The memo — written by an intelligence expert working overseas — questioned the lack of a thorough security check into Aponte’s background. The memo also alleged that Aponte was recruited as a “DGI asset.” According to the memo, “When the FBI eventually questioned her about her involvement with Cuban intelligence, she reportedly refused to cooperate, saying that since she was not seeking a permanent White House position she was not subject to a background check.”
Nonetheless, Aponte subsequently was provided a top-secret clearance at the State Department despite serious objections from career officials. Prominent in the minority legal community, Aponte has been a contributor to various Democratic Party campaign$…
No worries, This way we get screwed and kissed. Setting up house with commie spies, OK, our commie spies. I still think we should avoid hiring known commie spies. . . . or fascist regime spies. . . . who can keep tract. I'm just a little leary about this. How 'bout you?
I don't know, I am probably feakin' nuts here but shouldn't we, maybe, perhaps, make sure our ambassadors are. . . um. . . ah. . . AMERICANS at heart!!! This is probably carrying diversity a little too far.
This is likely a non-issue anyway. . . After all, don't we just love those South American Dictator fascist, killer, guys anyway. Hugs all around.
