Anonymous wrote:McConnell told Fox weeks ago he was synced up 24/7 with the White House counsel’s office on Trump’s acquittal- White House counsel typically reviews manuscripts. When Mitch marched his caucus over the public opinion cliff on witnesses + docs he likely knew Bolton would obliterate DT’s impeachment defense.

So did McConnell set Trump up, or are they all going off a cliff together?

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Anonymous wrote:So, Bolton's manuscript was "leaked"? Guess what?
1. He isn't a government employees. His manuscript doesn't deserve any special protection. Unless it is classified.
2. Bolton isn't a government employee anymore and doesn't have access to classified computers. If his manuscript contains classified information then HE is a leaker for writing classified information outside of classified spaces/IT.

No matter how you slice it, this is fishy. And the smell is coming from Bolton.

You don’t understand how this works.

Anyone who has held a clearance has to submit anything they write that’s related to their job to the government for pre-pub review. This is a lifelong obligation.

Don’t write about things you clearly don’t know about.

No. I do know how it works. I have done pre-pub review on my resume. It had to be written on a classified computer. Because if it isn't written on a classified computer and there is something classified in the document (and the point of the review is to determine this), then the writer just mishandled classified information and could go to jail. How would Bolton, who is no longer a government employee, have access to a classified computer?

Anonymous wrote:McConnell told Fox weeks ago he was synced up 24/7 with the White House counsel’s office on Trump’s acquittal- White House counsel typically reviews manuscripts. When Mitch marched his caucus over the public opinion cliff on witnesses + docs he likely knew Bolton would obliterate DT’s impeachment defense.

So did McConnell set Trump up, or are they all going off a cliff together?

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Anonymous wrote:So, Bolton's manuscript was "leaked"? Guess what?
1. He isn't a government employees. His manuscript doesn't deserve any special protection. Unless it is classified.
2. Bolton isn't a government employee anymore and doesn't have access to classified computers. If his manuscript contains classified information then HE is a leaker for writing classified information outside of classified spaces/IT.

No matter how you slice it, this is fishy. And the smell is coming from Bolton.

You don’t understand how this works.

Anyone who has held a clearance has to submit anything they write that’s related to their job to the government for pre-pub review. This is a lifelong obligation.

Don’t write about things you clearly don’t know about.

Anonymous wrote:So, Bolton's manuscript was "leaked"? Guess what?
1. He isn't a government employees. His manuscript doesn't deserve any special protection. Unless it is classified.
2. Bolton isn't a government employee anymore and doesn't have access to classified computers. If his manuscript contains classified information then HE is a leaker for writing classified information outside of classified spaces/IT.

No matter how you slice it, this is fishy. And the smell is coming from Bolton.

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Anonymous wrote:Bolton is a POS too. He could have obeyed the House subpoena but that would have undercut his big book release and his $$$.

The House did not subpoena him.

Anonymous wrote:seems right

Anonymous wrote:Bolton is a POS too. He could have obeyed the House subpoena but that would have undercut his big book release and his $$$.

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A manuscript that has a book deal that hasn't been seen by a single editor? Not likely.

Of course it is likely. It had to go through the NSC to check for classified material.

Who from the NSC testified for the House at the impeachment hearing?

PP here.
Vindman. Perhaps his reputation for leaking is accurate.

He’s no longer on the NSC.

"LTC Vindman is still detailed to the National Security Council. His detail ends July 2020," the lawyer said in the statement. "We are not aware of any change in his status. Obviously any retaliatory action against LTC Vindman on a day when we honor our military heroes would be reprehensible."

The White House also told the Washington Examiner that Vindman had not been removed from the NSC.