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White House has issued formal threat to Bolton to keep him from publishing book
CNN ^ | 29/1/20 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 01/29/2020 11:46:19 AM PST by Eleutheria5

Washington (CNN)The White House has issued a formal threat to former national security adviser John Bolton to keep him from publishing his book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. In a letter to Bolton's lawyer, a top official at the National Security Council wrote the unpublished manuscript of Bolton's book "appears to contain significant amounts of classified information" and couldn't be published as written. The letter, which is dated January 23, said some of the information was classified at the "top secret" level, meaning it "reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave harm to the national security."

"The manuscript may not be published or otherwise disclosed without the deletion of this classified information," the letter read.

The White House had no comment. Neither Bolton nor a spokesman for the publisher, Simon & Schuster, responded to a request for comment.

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(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: bolton; book; buhbye; fakenews; hasbeen; spy; threat; traitor; whitehouse
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To: catnipman

Note the author. Jake Tapper. A lying weenie if ever there was one.


61 posted on 01/29/2020 2:13:34 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: DoodleDawg

“So what can they do to Bolton if he goes ahead and publishes?”

Leavenworth.


62 posted on 01/29/2020 2:20:04 PM PST by dsc (As for the foundations of the Catholic faith, this pontificate is an outrage to reason.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“He may yet be proven to have acted honorably,”

Some years back, Bolton was a good guy here on FR. I’m still not sure how he morphed into an Ian Fleming villain.


63 posted on 01/29/2020 2:35:52 PM PST by dsc (As for the foundations of the Catholic faith, this pontificate is an outrage to reason.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Delay the publication until it is old news — Bolton won’t make a penny on it.


64 posted on 01/29/2020 2:43:46 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: Eleutheria5

“weenie”?

you’re WAY too kind ...


65 posted on 01/29/2020 2:45:24 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: dsc

Crazy times make people look for shortcuts, shiboleths and snap judgments.


66 posted on 01/29/2020 3:09:27 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: catnipman

Don’t I know it. I’m still looking through dictionaries for anything apt for this POS. It’s all too kind.


67 posted on 01/29/2020 3:10:37 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Born to Conserve

Neither should he. He does cheapen himself by writing a tell-all.


68 posted on 01/29/2020 3:13:16 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Talk about a lying headline. The security people sent his man a statement of fact. No threat included.


69 posted on 01/29/2020 3:33:43 PM PST by odawg
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To: Eleutheria5

Well,at least he’ll have a nice comfy gig at MSLSD waiting for him.


70 posted on 01/29/2020 4:21:04 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Eleutheria5
... sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

IOWs the typical made up #FakeNews from CNN.

71 posted on 01/29/2020 4:46:08 PM PST by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: Eleutheria5

“a formal threat” is more biased pretend journalism. Certainly there’s a real legal term applicable, instead of a prejudiced one-syllable evil-sounding word.


72 posted on 01/29/2020 4:49:47 PM PST by CottonBall (This space for rent.)
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To: Eleutheria5

sources familiar with the matter tell CNN


73 posted on 01/29/2020 4:51:52 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Levin shared this video of Bolton talking about president Trump’s”cordial” phone converations with Zelinshy (sp):

https://twitter.com/i/status/1222561157254385665


74 posted on 01/29/2020 4:52:18 PM PST by onemiddleamerican
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To: Eleutheria5
It wasn't a "threat" ... it was a standard boiler-plate memo they send anyone like Bolton writing a book about their time in the White House.

Gillian Turner who served in both GW Bush and Obama's administrations read the letter on-air (FOX News) today and said it was boiler-plate stuff.

She'd know. CNN can go eat a bag of dicks.

75 posted on 01/29/2020 4:53:27 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: ClearCase_guy

He’d say what helped him and harmed Trump... don’t ya know that’s allowed in their circles? And the GOP has not learned how to be as vicious as the enemy.


76 posted on 01/30/2020 2:57:53 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: Eleutheria5

File under “Don’t Care”.


77 posted on 01/30/2020 4:32:34 AM PST by Chgogal (Never underestimate the stupidity of a DummycRAT voter. Proof: California, New York, Illinois.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Where’s the threat? I see an advisement.


78 posted on 01/30/2020 8:35:23 AM PST by kanawa ((Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel)))
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To: I want the USA back

3 observations....

No formal threat. No place to comment. Relying on adult leaky diaper commercials for revenue.


79 posted on 01/30/2020 8:43:07 AM PST by kanawa ((Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel)))
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To: Eleutheria5

SENATORS: If the Impeachment doesn’t fit....you must ACQUIT!


80 posted on 01/31/2020 4:06:41 AM PST by 2harddrive (Go to www.CodeIsFreeSpeech.com for 10 FREE 3D-printer gun blueprints!)
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