I haven’t seen anything on this except in The Irish Times article:
The US military attache in Caracas was with the planners of last week’s aborted coup against Venezuela’s President Mr Hugo Chavez in the hours beforehand, a source in the president’s office, it emerged tonight.
The US Embassy in Caracas had no immediate reaction to the allegations.
Meanwhile US President George Bush said today that Mr Chavez should learn from the turmoil that led to his brief ouster last week and take steps to address it.