Did John Bolton Lie Under Oath Today?

[kpete]

Did John Bolton Lie Under Oath Today?
by bewert
Tue May 02, 2006 at 06:34:53 PM PDT

I have CSPAN while reviewing some software and patent licensing agreements I'm negotiating, and have just watched a couple of remarkable exchanges made earlier today between Rep. Henry Waxman and UN Ambassador John Bolton. In this exchange Bolton repeatedly stated that he had absolutely no knowledge of or input to the Fact Sheet the the State Dept. presented to the UN Security Council. One of the claims made in this Fact Sheet is the Niger uranium claim. This despite the fact that Bolton was the main administration guy on arms control at the time.

But is this true? A short google makes it clear that Mr. Bolton has perjured himself before Congress. More on the flip...

Rep. Waxman focused on any role that Bolton had, as Undersecretary Of State for Arms Control, in the drafting of the Fact Sheet.

I have rewound the Tivo several times to try to get the exact quotes, and this is what I came up with:

read the rest:

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/2/213453/8303

[fooj]

1. I'd bet the farm on it.

It's their pattern. It's what they do best.

[HereSince1628]

20. Me too. All 76 acres and the buildings!

Bolten is in this over his eyebrows.

[acmejack]

2. He is so insufferably arrogant I am sure he would!

So if he didn't, it was only for the lack of an opportunity.

[bdamomma]

3. a big YES,

he was so rude and arrogant, god, I hate these people.

[Fredda Weinberg]

4. I saw the same hearing and it's likely true

Unless you can find someone at the staff level who's willing to implicate his boss, Bolton had no personal involvement, other than directing that the work be done.

[EFerrari]

5. I'd email Henry. He'll push it.

:hi:

[walldude]

22. Yup Waxman is a bull... if Bolton lied, Waxman will catch him. n/t

[tabasco]

23. Bulldawg Waxman gonna bite Bolton in the ass!!

Sic 'em boy!!!!!

[baldguy]

6. Did he speak?

[leftofthedial]

7. did its lips move?

if so, then yes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Did his gross 70's porn star moustache twitch?

If so, yes.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

9. Absolutely. He never tells the truth under any circumstance.

[Coexist]

10. knr - great stuff

[0007]

11. Veracity and Bolton is like Water & Oil.

[UTUSN]

12. And today would be different --------- how? n/t

[SunDrop23]

13. Die he lie? Was he awake?

[izzybeans]

14. You know he's lieing whenever he gets that manic, shrill

high pitched whiney voice going. He's got the psychological profile of a sociopath.

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. Well, his lips were moving

That's proof enough for me!

[myrna minx]

16. It's too bad that we have a DOJ that doesn't

really care about the crimes committed by the RW. Yeah, I'm sure the AG will be all over the Bolton perjury. :puke:

[Faryn Balyncd]

17. Recommended

Was he under oath? or did Congress again allow a major administration official to testify without being sworn in?


This calls for a major investigation.

[happydreams]

18. I recieved a letter of thanks from Henry Waxman's office

for info I gave him years ago on Enron. He really hammers these bastards.

[Dr Fate]

19. Did any Democrats go on TV and say so? If not, who cares.

If all we can do is read about it on a website, it did not happen.

[wordpix2]

21. Thanks, Bewert, you are a patriot to put this together. Thanks. kpete, too