A little tinfoily, but thinking back to John Bolton's comments...

[Mike 03]

I've been trying to find a Bolton quote (with Google) but can't. Didn't he say something like, "I know things nobody else knows"?

Is there any possibility he got wind of a plot to harm Ambassador Yovanovitch and ordered her recalled (i.e., for her own safety), or told Trump he knew something was afoot and pressured Trump to recall rather than harm her?

What happened between the time they were "stalking" her aggressively, with all the frightening implications of those notes and texts, and the decision to recall her? Recall her "instead" of something else? If there was a plot, why did they abort it?

Just wondering. Any thoughts?

[marble falls]

1. I think Bolton does have a line of things he just will not do. Murder may one of them.

[stopdiggin]

2. and I think it is NOT established yet that there was such a plot

just as a caution for DU.
(and I know the OP accounts for this uncertainty)

[Mike 03]

3. Very true. It's just speculation at this point.