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4/25/2005 05:06:00 PMLate last night, John posted a Newsweek story that evenforeign officials had been complaining about the behavior ofJohn Bolton, Bush's nominee for the UN.And what do I find on page A-8 of the SundayNYT? A featureon newly released email about Bolton battles that should havebeen on A-1. The most serious charge against Bolton is that hepressured intelligence analysts to change their findings to suithis political aims and -- when they said they'd given him all theleeway they could -- he harrassed them and tried to get themfired. Bolton's fights were not with one or two recalcitrantintelligence analysts that proved annoying.According to these emails, Bolton fought with and tried tostrong arm and inspired complaints from:1. The State Department's bureau of intelligence and research(INR)2. The National Security Agency3. Defense Intelligence Agency4. Central Intelligence AgencyThese are serious, serious allegations and yet the media keepsplaying this off as if Bolton's just some sort of jerky boss. I'mjust about riled up over the placement of this new informationwhen I find the FRONT PAGE story in the New York Times Weekin Review section, which boils the whole Bolton controversydown to his being a "mean" or just "tough" boss who is rude tohis subordinates.What is their problem? They bury the story on A-8 revealingBolton's come to blows with virtually every intelligence agencyin our government over his desire to distort their findings. Thenthey trumpet the idea that Bolton is just the boss from hell.There is literally one paragraph in the middle about theseserious charges and the rest is puffery about how Washingtonis always filled with jerks. But who are most of the examples?Senators and Presidents and White Hosue Chiefs of Staff. Andwhat DON'T those people have in common with a potential UNambassador? They're not DIPLOMATS.
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4/25/2005 05:06:00 PMLate last night, John posted a Newsweek story that evenforeign officials had been complaining about the behavior ofJohn Bolton, Bush's nominee for the UN.And what do I find on page A-8 of the SundayNYT? A featureon newly released email about Bolton battles that should havebeen on A-1. The most serious charge against Bolton is that hepressured intelligence analysts to change their findings to suithis political aims and -- when they said they'd given him all theleeway they could -- he harrassed them and tried to get themfired. Bolton's fights were not with one or two recalcitrantintelligence analysts that proved annoying.According to these emails, Bolton fought with and tried tostrong arm and inspired complaints from:1. The State Department's bureau of intelligence and research(INR)2. The National Security Agency3. Defense Intelligence Agency4. Central Intelligence AgencyThese are serious, serious allegations and yet the media keepsplaying this off as if Bolton's just some sort of jerky boss. I'mjust about riled up over the placement of this new informationwhen I find the FRONT PAGE story in the New York Times Weekin Review section, which boils the whole Bolton controversydown to his being a "mean" or just "tough" boss who is rude tohis subordinates.What is their problem? They bury the story on A-8 revealingBolton's come to blows with virtually every intelligence agencyin our government over his desire to distort their findings. Thenthey trumpet the idea that Bolton is just the boss from hell.There is literally one paragraph in the middle about theseserious charges and the rest is puffery about how Washingtonis always filled with jerks. But who are most of the examples?Senators and Presidents and White Hosue Chiefs of Staff. Andwhat DON'T those people have in common with a potential UNambassador? They're not DIPLOMATS.
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EschatonOn Financial innovation - Financial innovation hasgotten a somewhat deserved bad rap, because asMatt smartly pointed out earlier, so muchinnovation is really just regulatory arbi...37 minutes ago
HuffPost PoliticsJames Crowley, Policeman Who Arrested Gates,Won't Apologize - NATICK, Mass. — A white policesergeant accused of racism after he arrestedrenowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at hishome insisted Wednesday...38 minutes ago
FiredoglakePecora in Perspective: Investment Banking,Commercial Banking, and Glass-Steagall - ThePecora Commission report devotes a substantialamount of pages to discussion of the evils ofallowing the commingling of commercial bankingservices, i...J O H N ' S P H OT O S
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Ezra KleinTab Dump4 hours agoWonk RoomSen. Byron Dorgan:The ‘Trade’ InCap-And-Trade ‘MakesNo Sense To Me’5 hours agoHealth BeatTruth Squad: WallStreet Journal HealthCare Editorial Wrong onthe Facts . . .6 hours agoThe TreatmentHatch Is Out7 hours agoDaily DoseProviders Endorse 'Payfor Value' Proposals13 hours agoG AY P O L I T I C S
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