Oops, how did this slip all the way down there? John Bolton has become the next tragic victim of Trumps cover up team. Anybody that doesn't go along deserves to be labeled for the rest of their lives. Not to have a career or ever be respected again. Is it any wonder that Jeff Sessions is sucking up now? No because he is trying to climb out of the hell hole of working for Trump. Probably hoping that somehow his good name can be restored in the era of Trump.
Nah.
The real question is one of who allegedly leaked the material allegedly from the manuscript the NSC were reviewing for National Security reasons (to remove classified information, if present).
Whoever was/were doing the review must have a security clearance, just to look for classified material (and to know what it is), so, if anyone leaked anything to the NYT, they should lose their job and likely be behind bars.
Otherwise, the NYT's claims of what Bolton did or didn't say in his book were hearsay, and cannot be confirmed nor denied without a copy of the book, which has not been released from review.
See how the NYT and the Dems set that up? Iinnuendo, not proof. Fake but accurate. Shades of Dan Rather (how quickly people forget).