Bolton Said to Orchestrate Unlawful Firing

[zalinda]

John R. Bolton flew to Europe in 2002 to confront the head of a global arms-control agency and demand he resign, then orchestrated the firing of the unwilling diplomat in a move a U.N. tribunal has since judged unlawful, according to officials involved.

A former Bolton deputy says the U.S. undersecretary of state felt Jose Bustani "had to go," particularly because the Brazilian was trying to send chemical weapons inspectors to Baghdad. That might have helped defuse the crisis over alleged Iraqi weapons and undermined a U.S. rationale for war.

Bustani, who says he got a "menacing" phone call from Bolton at one point, was removed by a vote of just one-third of member nations at an unusual special session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), at which the United States cited alleged mismanagement in calling for his ouster.

The United Nations' highest administrative tribunal later condemned the action as an "unacceptable violation" of principles protecting international civil servants. The OPCW session's Swiss chairman now calls it an "unfortunate precedent" and Bustani a "man with merit."

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zalinda

[PurityOfEssence]

1. Well, this is juicy, isn't it?

If played properly, the Bolton nomination can be intertwined with the Downing Street memo and the two issues can keep each other in the news.

So, here's a classic example that this mean, evil fuck was going to go to any lengths to make sure that nothing could get in the way of our hellbent need for war with Iraq, and he was willing to break laws and smash careers to make sure nothing stopped him. This man is a supreme asshole, and much as that trait is held with dewy eyed worship by right-wingers, it's a trait that is destructive to all.

[salin]

3. I find it rather disturbing

that the two stories are floating about in the media - simultaneously - but not mentioned in the same breath.

Wtf? Here are clear examples of attempting to "shape data" to fit a desired course of action. And a clear statement that this is what the administration was doing. Eg the Bolten says... YES it was happening... it should be working as a secondary story... eg "How It Was Done" per the DSM story.

But I have yet to read in the msm any linkages between the stories. No way noone would mention the timing and similarities between the stories, unless it is intentional. And that is disturbing.

[salin]

2. It is so hard to keep up.... is this a new example/event

?

[Double T]

4. We need an international special prosecutor from the Hague......

....because the republicans will never do a damn thing about these atrocities.

[Spazito]

5. The coverage of the Jose Bustani ousting has been out there since

2002 along with the US being the main agent in this.

Chemical weapons body sacks head

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1944879.stm

What is new is Bolton's specific actions in regard to this, especially in light of his nomination to the UN and the DSM.