So basically the Dems have *nothing* on Bolton and have to fabricate charges from whole cloth.
Posted on 05/25/2005 10:48:22 AM PDT by InfoReporter
WASHINGTON, May 25 - The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said today that John R. Bolton might have mishandled classified information by sharing with another State Department official details about a communication intercepted by the National Security Agency.
The assertion, by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, followed a two-week review of the issue by the committee's staff. Mr. Rockefeller outlined his findings in a three-page letter to the leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on the same day that the full Senate is beginning debate on Mr. Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations.
"On at least one occasion," Mr. Rockefeller said in the letter, Mr. Bolton appeared to have shared with another State Department official information he received from the security agency about an intercepted communication. Mr. Rockefeller said Mr. Bolton appeared to have taken the step even though the security agency had directed that "no further action be taken on this information without prior approval of the N.S.A."
Mr. Rockefeller recommended that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee interview Mr. Bolton "to conduct a more complete understanding of the extent to which he may have shared with others" information obtained from the National Security Agency, including identifying information about 19 Americans mentioned in classified intercepts.
Mr. Rockefeller's claim added a critical new allegation to what has already been a contentious debate on Mr. Bolton's nomination. But Republican aides on the Senate Intelligence Committee immediately disputed Mr. Rockefeller's assertion, saying that their own review showed that Mr. Bolton's handling of the information had not been a problem in any way.
Senator Pat Roberts, the Kansas Republican who is chairman of the committee, was expected to send a letter of his own challenging Mr. Rockefeller's findings.
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And the smearing goes on and on and on...
Lemme guess ... he disclosed something to Sandy Berger ...
How many front page articles did NYT run about Sandy Burglar?
Senator Leakafeller complaining about Bolton. Very interesting.
Hmmm? I wonder if Bolton will get voted on any time soon?
NOT!
Punish the Seven Nitwits!
NY Slimes
Frist and Lugar should have had this wrapped up weeks ago.
More Dimocrap yada, yada, yada.
So basically the Dems have *nothing* on Bolton and have to fabricate charges from whole cloth.
Yeah, ironic, huh?
What he stuffed it in his pants and walked out the door with it? I assume that's OK.
>>>> ??? SANDY BERGLER ??? <<<<
(Deafening silence from the MSM.)
And didn't Harry Ried the other day disclose confidential FBI files?
These extraordinary circumstances may get in the way of his confirmation.
Leaky Leahy.
Did he put the documents in his pants, like Sandy Booger?
I bet if Dubya had nominated Sandy Burglar instead of Bolton, Sen. Rockefeller would be purring contentedly at this moment.
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