"The undersecretary(Bolton) wants to keep this in the family."

[Jara sang]

Who exactly is this family? Any specualtion? Bolton must have known Plame was a CIA operative. He is the Unsecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, she was working on weapons of mass destruction. Their paths would surely have crossed.

Shortly after Bush is inaugurated into office, Greg Thielmann, an analyst for the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), is appointed to serve as the intelligence liaison to John Bolton. But Thielmann's intelligence briefings do not support Bolton's assumptions about Iraq, and Thielmann is soon barred from attending the meetings. According to Thielmann: “Bolton seemed to be troubled because INR was not telling him what he wanted to hear. I was intercepted at the door of his office and told, ‘The undersecretary doesn't need you to attend this meeting anymore. The undersecretary wants to keep this in the family.’"

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/searchResults.jsp?searchtext=bolton&events=on&entities=on&articles=on&topics=on&timelines=on&projects=on&titles=on&descriptions=on&dosearch=on

[htuttle]

1. You know -- The Family

[warrens]

2. The criminal enterprise that is the Bush family, of course. nt