Bolton Denies Pressuring Officials

[DoYouEverWonder]

April 12, 2005

WASHINGTON -- His Senate confirmation to be U.N. ambassador still not assured, John R. Bolton is fending off Democrats attacking his integrity and officials complaining of his treatment of people who disagreed with his assessment of the nation's security dangers.

Bolton faced potentially damaging testimony Tuesday from Carl W. Ford Jr., a former chief of the department's bureau of intelligence and research, as his hearing by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee enters its second day. Ford could air new charges that Bolton intimidated other officials.

On Monday, Bolton -- in his one day of scheduled testimony -- rigorously rejected assertions by hard-charging Democrats that he tried to sack State Department intelligence officials who challenged his assessment of Cuba as trying to develop biological weapons and his appraisal of the weapons programs of Iran and other countries.

"I didn't seek to have these people fired. I didn't seek to have them discharged. I said I lost my trust in them," Bolton testified.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-un-ambassador,0,3847526.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines


Hopefully, Bolton will have another bad day, today.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Deny, Deny, Deny

that is all they do... they are guilty as sin, but hey close to the centers of power, or rather they are the centers of power

[abb9]

2. Bolton

Lie and deny,the standard MO for this most corrupt and arrogant criminal administration in Americas history.
They are totally devoid of decency and are morally bankrupt.

[Vinca]

3. Aren't some of the people claiming intimidation going to testify today?nt