Monday pm Bolton update - spying on State Dept, congressional perjury?

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From Steve Clemons "The Washington Note"

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On another front, the NSA intercepts revelation on Libya and Asst. Secretary of State William Burns is turning out to be very important. Earlier testimony by various other State Department officials made it clear that Bolton was pushed to the periphery of a number of delicate policy initiatives -- one of which was Libya.

Bolton didn't like it, and Fred Fleitz -- his CIA detailee and acting Chief of Staff -- helped him spy on his State Department colleagues.

Watch for more on the Syria documentation. What is brewing in this mess is the strong possibility that Bolton committed perjury before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his role in generating the controversial Heritage Foundation speech that is part of this morass.

John Bolton is now working on the 1st floor of the State Department, in transitional space, and is reportedly grumpy about his situation.

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/000702.html



If you missed the this morning's revelations, see here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3796591