Well folks…this just may be the big one that sinks the lying bastards. Can a gal hope? The State department backtracks on the claim that Bolton never testified concerning the CIA investigation.
“[Update]”Asked about the possibility of a recess appointment for Bolton, White House spokesman Scott McClellan gave a strong hint.
“We do need a permanent representative at the United Nations. This is a critical time and it’s important to continue moving forward on comprehensive reform,” McClellan said.
“Clearly John Bolton is someone who has enjoyed majority support from the United States Senate, but unfortunately Senate Democrats have taken the path of playing politics,” he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050729/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak_bolton
“Democratic senators said the admission should forestall Bush from using his authority to give Bolton a temporary appointment to the U.N. post, without Senate confirmation, when the Senate goes on vacation in August.
Bolton was interviewed by the State Department inspector general in 2003 as part of a joint investigation with the CIA into prewar Iraqi attempts to buy nuclear materials from Niger, State Department spokesman Noel Clay said Thursday.
His statement came hours after another State Department official said Bolton had correctly answered a Senate questionnaire when he wrote that he had not testified to a grand jury or been interviewed by investigators in any inquiry over the past five years.
Clay said Bolton “didn’t recall being interviewed by the State Department’s inspector general” when he filled out the form. “Therefore, his form, as submitted, was inaccurate,” Clay said. “He will correct it.”
Bolton, former undersecretary for arms control and international security, had no role in a separate criminal investigation into the leak of an undercover CIA officer’s identity, Clay said.”
SO now we have this Creepy Bully just in time before the August recess lying. Do you think Bush will still do a recess appointment?