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Bolton dismisses Trump claim that he wasn't given intelligence reports
Arutz Sheva ^ | 5/7/20

Posted on 07/05/2020 1:32:02 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Speaking on "Face the Nation," former National Security Adviser John Bolton dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims that he wasn't briefed about intelligence suggesting that Russia commissioned Taliban-linked fighters to kill US soldiers, The Guardian reports.

"All intelligence is distributed along the spectrum of uncertainty," Bolton said. "And this intelligence ... by the administration’s own admission, was deemed credible enough to give to our allies. So the notion that you only give the really completely 100% verified intelligence to the president would mean you give him almost nothing. And that’s just not the way the system works."

Former National Security Adviser to President Obama, Susan Rice, echoed Bolton's sentiments, telling NBC that, "I don’t buy this story that he was never briefed ... When the information first came to light in 2019, my successor, John Bolton, would have walked straight into the Oval Office, as I would have, and informed the president...

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bestpeople; bolton; deepstate; irgc; johnbolton; qudsforce; rop; russia; somuchwinning; susanrice; tds; trump; winning
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In other words, he would have, but has no specific recollection of doing so, because this was not intelligence, it was a made up story in the NY Times. Remember how pleased we all were that Bolton was on board?
1 posted on 07/05/2020 1:32:02 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Bolton has proven himself untrustworthy.


2 posted on 07/05/2020 1:33:12 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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To: Eleutheria5

Bolton is a traitor...deserves a cigarette and a firing squad.


3 posted on 07/05/2020 1:34:30 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Eleutheria5
Traitor John continuing to betray the administration and the country he served.

The man clearly wants WAR! But how does it help the Deepsters if Washington DC is a smoking crater because of their two faced duplicitous stances..

4 posted on 07/05/2020 1:35:07 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: rockinqsranch

I never trust a man (or woman) whose mustache is a different color than their hair...


5 posted on 07/05/2020 1:35:55 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (AOC the bartender would have had to work on the second floor at Miss KittyÂ’s saloon...)
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To: Eleutheria5

Trump dismisses Bolton........PERIOD...


6 posted on 07/05/2020 1:36:04 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Eleutheria5

The Lincoln Project’s agent from the deep state.


7 posted on 07/05/2020 1:36:21 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: AndyJackson

War with Russia? What could possibly go wrong.


8 posted on 07/05/2020 1:36:44 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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Former National Security Adviser to President Obama, Susan Rice, echoed Bolton’s sentiments …
Great way of saying which team Bolton is playing for.
9 posted on 07/05/2020 1:36:46 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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I have never been pleased about Bolton period.


10 posted on 07/05/2020 1:37:58 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Eleutheria5

Trump is a bitter man.

It is not often a newly published book goes from the printer to the Book Store Bargin Bin.


11 posted on 07/05/2020 1:38:09 PM PDT by billyboy15
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1. Hey, John Bolton, you were National Security adviser for 17-months. Did you know that Putin was allegedly targeting American soldiers in Afghanistan?— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 5, 2020

2. I see you are on TV saying the president most surely would have been briefed about it, or should have. You were his national security adviser!— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 5, 2020


12 posted on 07/05/2020 1:38:15 PM PDT by conservative98
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“””Bolton is a traitor...deserves a cigarette and a firing squad.”””

Smoking is bad for you. So just the firing squad.


13 posted on 07/05/2020 1:39:11 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Eleutheria5

His claim is, hey lots of intelligence is probably not true, but the president would get ALL of it. All intelligence from the entire world, even fire example a rumor a guy heard at a bar in Bucharest. Straight to the president.

Bolton’s remark was ridiculous.


14 posted on 07/05/2020 1:41:00 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: billyboy15

Trump?


15 posted on 07/05/2020 1:42:20 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Eleutheria5

And we, of course, dismiss Bolton claims about anything.


16 posted on 07/05/2020 1:44:05 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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Former National Security Adviser to President Obama, Susan Rice, echoed Bolton’s sentiments … Great way of saying which team Bolton is playing for.

Who next to be part of Mister Bolton's support group?

jane fonda?

bill ayers?

17 posted on 07/05/2020 1:47:07 PM PDT by Seaplaner
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To: Williams

If you believe nobody and nothing, you are insane. If you believe everybody and everything, you’re a fool. If you try to learn every tidbit of intelligence, regardless of credibility or relevance, you might as well just use a super computer and have it get back to you. There must be filters. The question is, how selective to set the filter. It can’t be all-inclusive, because then it’s not a filter. It can’t be all-exclusive, because then it’s not a filter either. So a balance must be struck, and according to Bolton, it’s his call where the balance is to be struck. But he’s stuck his foot in his mouth in the effort to assert his supposed balance point.


18 posted on 07/05/2020 1:48:35 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Or worse, he should be forced to listen to his brother sing....


19 posted on 07/05/2020 1:51:02 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Bolton wears that ugly mustache to hide his fangs.


20 posted on 07/05/2020 1:51:09 PM PDT by forgotten man
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