Bolton’s Lawyer: Draft Book was Leaked to New York Times

[mystery-ak]

Kristina Wong26 Jan 20202,430
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Chuck Cooper, an attorney for former National Security Adviser John Bolton, said that Bolton’s book manuscript was submitted to the National Security Council for a standard review for classified information, but its contents appear to have been leaked to the New York Times.

Cooper was reacting to a story in the Times that alleges President Donald Trump told Bolton that he wanted to withhold aid to Ukraine until it completed investigations Trump had requested.

Cooper said in a statement:

On December 30, 2019, I submitted, on behalf of Ambassador Bolton, a book manuscript to the National Security Council’s Records Management Division for standard prepublication security review for classified information. As explained in my cover letter to Ellen J. Knight, Senior Director of the Records Management Division, we submitted the manuscript notwithstanding our firm belief that the manuscript contained no information that could reasonably be considered classified and on the assurance that the ‘process of reviewing submitted materials is restricted to those career government officials and employees regularly charged with responsibility for such reviews’ and the ‘contents of Ambassador Bolton’s manuscript will not be reviewed or otherwise disclosed to any personals not regularly involved in that process. A copy of my December 30 letter is attached. It is clear, regrettably, from The New York Times article published today that the prepublication review process has been corrupted and that information has been disclosed by persons other than those properly involved in reviewing the manuscript.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/26/boltons-lawyer-draft-book-was-leaked-to-new-york-times/

[mystery-ak]

Trump Denies New York Times Report on John Bolton Book
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/26/trump-denies-new-york-times-report-on-john-bolton-book/

[mystery-ak]

Imagine that


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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/26/cnns-stelter-john-bolton-book-goes-on-pre-order-at-amazon-after-nyt-story/

[mystery-ak]

Report: John Bolton Undercuts Trump’s Main Ukraine Defense In Book Manuscript
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/26/john-bolton-book-ukraine-trump/

[mystery-ak]

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[Chosen Daughter]

Someone is lying.  Which one?

[TomSea]

I don't see John Bolton as lying but I do wonder, why come out with this?

Does anyone think Bolton lies? But if what he says is true, I don't think it necessarily means that now, wrongdoing was done. Hardly, one could still say it's about investigating corruption.

And no wrongdoing was done, possibly poor judgement.

[mystery-ak]

I don't see John Bolton as lying but I do wonder, why come out with this?

Does anyone think Bolton lies? But if what he says is true, I don't think it necessarily means that now, wrongdoing was done. Hardly, one could still say it's about investigating corruption.

And no wrongdoing was done, possibly poor judgement.

I really liked Bolton and I am dismayed that he might of done this to get back at Trump and to sell his book.....so far he has not issued a statement to stop this madness...very telling.

[TomSea]

John Bolton
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 the victims who perished during the Holocaust.  Antisemitism is a threat not just to Jews but to society as a whole.  We must fight it wherever we see it.

John Bolton
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Great meeting today with Cindy and Fred Warmbier.  Sadly, they know better than anyone of the brutality and dishonesty of the Kim Jung Un regime.

https://twitter.com/ambjohnbolton

Last two tweets from Bolton's twitter account, I hope to gosh, he displays not just honesty but integrity and character here.

[mystery-ak]

Rush.."This isn't the John Bolton I know"

[skeeter]

I don't see John Bolton as lying but I do wonder, why come out with this?

Does anyone think Bolton lies? But if what he says is true, I don't think it necessarily means that now, wrongdoing was done. Hardly, one could still say it's about investigating corruption.

And no wrongdoing was done, possibly poor judgement.

Bolton will have to choose between selling books and refusing to allow himself to be used as a rat tool.

We shall soon see what he is made of.

[Smokin Joe]

Who, in the prepublication review for classified material process, leaked the  book? Especially to the NYT?
While the book has not yet been released for publication, there is no access to the primary alleged source, so anything can be claimed by the leaker, in or out of context. 

There are more moles to ferret out. Too many residual rodents in this administration.

There is someone else who should lose their job.

If they were doing this to Hillary, they'd be found with a half-dozen "self-inflicted" gunshot wounds to the back of their head.

[DB]

I really liked Bolton and I am dismayed that he might of done this to get back at Trump and to sell his book.....so far he has not issued a statement to stop this madness...very telling.

Or it may simply be the truth. If it is the truth, Bolton is not obligated to hide a lie. Why stain himself with someone else's lie?

I think Trump should have just come out and said "ya, I was threatening to withhold US aid until some of the major corruption that came to our attention was investigated and cleaned up". Hard to argue with that.

[DB]

Who, in the prepublication review for classified material process, leaked the  book? Especially to the NYT?
While the book has not yet been released for publication, there is no access to the primary alleged source, so anything can be claimed by the leaker, in or out of context. 

There are more moles to ferret out. Too many residual rodents in this administration.

There is someone else who should lose their job.

If they were doing this to Hillary, they'd be found with a half-dozen "self-inflicted" gunshot wounds to the back of their head.

It could have been the publisher. It would obviously sell more books...

[DB]

Bolton will have to choose between selling books and refusing to allow himself to be used as a rat tool.

We shall soon see what he is made of.

Where does the truth fit in in that calculation?

[mystery-ak]

Or it may simply be the truth. If it is the truth, Bolton is not obligated to hide a lie. Why stain himself with someone else's lie?

I think Trump should have just come out and said "ya, I was threatening to withhold US aid until some of the major corruption that came to our attention was investigated and cleaned up". Hard to argue with that.

Yes...I do agree with that..

[Smokin Joe]

It could have been the publisher. It would obviously sell more books...

From the OP:

Bolton’s book manuscript was submitted to the National Security Council for a standard review for classified information, but its contents appear to have been leaked to the New York Times.

[TomSea]

Or it may simply be the truth. If it is the truth, Bolton is not obligated to hide a lie. Why stain himself with someone else's lie?

I think Trump should have just come out and said "ya, I was threatening to withhold US aid until some of the major corruption that came to our attention was investigated and cleaned up". Hard to argue with that.

That's a pretty astute observation.

If Bolton knew this, they should have approached this differently, perhaps that is the potential danger of having a household name in the administration like Bolton.

[DB]

From the OP:

I understand that. Both the publisher and NSC had the documents to leak. That's all I was trying to say.

[Smokin Joe]

I understand that. Both the publisher and NSC had the documents to leak. That's all I was trying to say.

Why the publisher if there is any question of secure material being in the book?
That should be cleared first, then the publisher would get it, unless the publisher has a security clearance.

[Absalom]

What are the precise words that Bolton used in his book?????
 

[Bigun]

What are the precise words that Bolton used in his book?????

You will have to read the book because the NY Times did not quote them.  They quoted an unnamed source who had allegedly seen them. 

Typical NY Times BS in other words.

[skeeter]

You will have to read the book because the NY Times did not quote them.  They quoted an unnamed source who had allegedly seen them. 

Typical NY Times BS in other words.

How many times have they pulled this exact same BS against this administration only to have it turn out to be nothing.

[Bigun]

How many times have they pulled this exact same BS against this administration only to have it turn out to be nothing.

I've lost count but it's many.

[Fishrrman]

C'mon, folks.
How much of which is printed in the New York Times these days, do you actually believe?