Critics immediately tore into the former intel boss, with one calling him a “pathetic liar” about the laptop’s provenance.
Bolton did, however, publish before getting permission to do so, and anyone who has had a security clearance knows that dodging the review is a violation not just of the letter of one’s clearance ...
Security clearances are not a right. Any former intelligence officers who use their power to meddle in presidential elections deserve to lose their clearances.
Lest anyone still have doubts, two ex-Politico reporters, Mark Caputo and Tara Palmeri, just confirmed how far the media went ...