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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKaine questions whether Bolton can get security clearance
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/25/kaine-boltonsecurity-clearance-russia-483912Kaine questions whether Bolton can get security clearance
By KEVIN ROBILLARD
03/25/2018 10:33 AM EDT
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine on Sunday questioned whether former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, President Donald Trumps newly chosen national security adviser, could get a security clearance.
I wonder about that, Kaine said on CNNs State of the Union, pointing to Boltons 2013 appearance in a video recorded for a Russian gun rights group backed by an oligarch and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
These kinds of contacts with foreign governments raise real questions in my mind as to whether he can get a full security clearance or not.
Kaine described it as speech Bolton gave in Russia, but NPR reported it was a video Bolton recorded at the request of NRA President David Keene for the national conference of The Right to Bear Arms, which is backed by Alexander Torshin, a close ally of Putins.
In the video, Bolton encourages Russian activists to push for a right to bear arms in their constitution. Bolton didnt actually attend the conference.
Bolton was chosen last week to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser. The post is not subject to Senate confirmation.
Weve already lost one national security adviser, Michael Flynn, because he was lying about foreign contacts, Kaine said. I have many, many questions.
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Kaine questions whether Bolton can get security clearance (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2018
OP
MSNBC has many pundits on all day pushing how great Bolton will be as Security adviser
katmondoo
Mar 2018
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. He can serve 150 days without
Senate Action. That puts him in till September 9th. Plenty of time to blowup the friggin world.
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)5. I don't think that position requires Senate clearance
eleny
(46,166 posts)2. Malcolm Nance raised that question , too, on Friday's Steph Miller show...
... because he's Chair of the Gatestone Institute. Jeez, talk about hate groups!
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/23/gatestone-institute-john-bolton-chairs-an-actual-fake-news-publisher-infamous-for-spreading-anti-muslim-hate/
https://www.alternet.org/investigations/one-americas-most-dangerous-think-tanks-spreading-islamophobic-hate-across-atlantic
P.S. Hi, sis!
katmondoo
(6,454 posts)3. MSNBC has many pundits on all day pushing how great Bolton will be as Security adviser
I had to turn the TV off before slamming it to the floor. 7:00 I will watch the Stormy interview, hope it will not be a real big bust.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)4. Heh heh heh.
You said "real big bust." Sorry, I'm a seventh-grader at heart.