The Two Malcontents » Obama's Ambassador Nominee Linked to Cuban Spy

When questioned by the FBI in 1994, Aponte refused to take a polygraph test.” The confidential memo obtained by Helms was, according to Insight “written by an intelligence expert working overseas” and “alleged that Aponte was recruited as a 'DGI asset.'” It said: “When the FBI eventually ... How could someone forced to pull out of an ambassadorial nomination because of questions regarding Communist espionage be nominated for another such appointment a decade later? ...