John Bolton: Wanted to Be His Own Intel Czar

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Doug Jehl reports: With a vote scheduled Thursday on his contested nomination as ambassador to the United Nations, John R. Bolton has told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a policy maker should maintain the right to “state his own reading of the intelligence” even when it differs from that of intelligence agencies. Mr.

Matthew Freedman Interview: Bolton “Management Consultant” Had Light Duties, Made More than $100k a Year, and Still Kept Private, Undisclosed Business Clients

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Every day the Bolton fiasco grows more incredible. Some want to call this entire mess BoltonGate, but I don’t want to trivialize or resort to cliches (yet) to describe some of the really outrageous practices of the John Bolton fiefdom at the State Department.