Monday, May 09, 2005

I Guess they'd find some parts tough to explain

Condi doesn't want to let Senators know about particular items concerning Bolton.

The State Department is refusing to make public internal documents sought by Senate Democrats in their attempt to seek more information about repeated clashes between John R. Bolton and American intelligence agencies over Syria, administration officials say.

In rejecting the request, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that the information involves "internal deliberations" and their disclosure could have a chilling effect on debates within the administration.

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Mr. Bolton's defenders have said the internal disputes should be irrelevant to the committee's deliberations. But in formal interviews with the committee staff, at least three former senior intelligence officials have described the debate on Syria as the most prominent example of instances in which Mr. Bolton pressed to make public assertions that went beyond those supported by objective intelligence assessments.


I believe the Syria meeting was also the occasion that Mr. Bolton stabbed a young staffer to death with his Cross Pen Set. I've heard that he now uses the young man's skull as a drinking cup.

Obviously, that is the type of reform that is necessary for the United Nations, emblamatic as it is of Bush Diplomacy.

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