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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=663304 Ex-Intel Chief Blasts Bolton at HearingFormer Intelligence Chief Says Bolton Abused Analysts Who Disagreed With His Views Former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research Carl W. Ford Jr., testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the nomination of John Bolton as ambassador to the U.N. A former chief of the State Department's bureau of intelligence and research castigated Bolton on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, as a "kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy" who abused analysts who disagreed with his views of Cuba's weapons capabilities. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) By BARRY SCHWEID The Associated Press WASHINGTON Apr 12,...

Charges that John Bolton is a bully and distorts intelligence could sink Bush's nominee to the U.N. President Bush's choice of John Bolton to represent the U.S. at the United Nations was meant to roil the diplomatic world. The man is outspoken in his derision of the international organization and famous for his fiery language against countries that oppose American wishes. But there is a saying in Washington that you meet on the way down all the people you stepped over on the way up. And that is what appears to have put Senate approval of the controversial nomination in...

3 Ex-Officials Describe Bullying by Bolton By DOUGLAS JEHL Published: May 3, 2005 WASHINGTON, May 2 - Three former senior government officials have provided new accounts of what they described as bullying and intolerance shown by John R. Bolton to subordinates and other officials who disagreed with his views on policy and intelligence matters. The three former officials provided the accounts in interviews with the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, according to transcripts of the conversations. The committee is reviewing Mr. Bolton's nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations. Advertisement The firsthand accounts came from a former...