Perhaps you know what information is contained in those Bolton policy documents re Syria, but if Bolton advocated an invasion of Syria based on some phony intelligence data or non-data, then this plays into the Dem constant refrain of Bush getting us into Iraq under false pretenses. There could also be some evidence that the Administration was trying to pressure the bureaucracy to go along with a military move against Syria.
Besides, it is for this very reason (executive priviledge) about being able to read these top secret papers, that the Senate SHOULD defer to the POTUS's judgement....
It is not a matter of deferring to the judgement of POTUS. There is always a tension between Congress and executive privilege of the Executive Branch. Every administration battles Congress on access to internal documents, which involve policy discussions.
Dodd is Fidel's organ grinder monkey, and whatever he is doing, it is because of Cuba...Biden is just jealous, bitter and hateful....
That's Novak's take. I just don't buy it. I thought it was noteworthy that Dodd specifically added, without prompting or being asked the question, that they wanted the Syria info in addition to the intercepts info, which needed to be seen by only four senators.
The dems can't have it both ways---they can't accuse Bolton of imposing his opinions about what to do re: intelligence and invading Syria...
And then turn around and say that the war in Iraq was a failure of the intelligence people---
If you use those arguements, Bolton is damned if he did impose his opinions, and damned if he didn't, and the wrong intel was used to invade Iraq....
Besides, I think there are lot of people (me included) that aren't convinced that the WMDs from Iraq ARE in Syria, and were transferred before the Iraq war.
I don't think Robert NOvak is the only one that is espousing the theory that Cuba has a lot to do with his fight against Bolton...besides, he is decrying a speech that Bolton gave re: Cuba and weapons, that was cleared by the very people that Dodd thinks that Bolton intimidated...