Bolton Takes Shot at Rand Paul for Being Soft on Snowden

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John Bolton made clear his disapproval of Sen. Rand Paul and the Kentucky Republican's opinions of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, whom Bolton labeled a modern-day traitor during the Republican Jewish Coalition leadership meeting on Saturday.

In his speech before the influential gathering of GOP voters and donors in Las Vegas, Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called Snowden a "21st century equivalent of Benedict Arnold," and added that "anyone who thinks Edward Snowden is a hero in unfit to serve."

Bolton says Snowden is "the 21st Century equivalent of Benedict Arnold." Says anyone who thinks he is a hero is "unfit to serve."
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) March 29, 2014

Bolton's comment was a shot at Paul, whose opinions of Snowden's actions differed from many Republicans. While many in the GOP were quick to call Snowden's leak of classified documents an act of treason, Paul referred to it as a form of "civil disobedience."

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Bolton-RandPaul-RonPaul-EdwardSnowden/2014/04/01/id/563005/

[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. John Bolton has a lot of allies here.

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2. Sure he does. nt

[Wilms]

3. .

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4. And he has his own PAC with $800K in it. nt

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5. John Bolton, like his

Bush II Administration cronies, is nothing less than a war criminal.

I hope that I live to see the day when every single one of them is finally held accountable for their crimes.

How they dare even to show their faces in public - let alone preach to anyone - is appalling.

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6. I believe one of the reasons we see Cheney and Bolton is precisely to fend off that possibility. nt