The other obstacles to Bolton's assuming his position is that it will take the FBI many weeks to decide whether he can receive a top security clearance. At age 69, Bolton has a long trail of entanglements and intrigues in and out of government, not to mention his tantrums -- some involving female public servants.
Fein recounts Bolton's "unmasking the names of Americans whose conversation has been intercepted by the National Security Agency under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)." He still defends the catastrophic invasion and occupation of Iraq (for more information see Madea Benjamin's "10 Reasons to Fear John Bolton").
How does such a madman like Bolton keep coming back? Two reasons stand out. First, the more aggressive parts of the military-industrial complex, bolstered by the neocons, see him as a useful tool -- for bigger military budgets and empire. Second, he is a staunch collaborator with the Israel lobby's support of Israel's militaristic, increasingly autocratic regime that regularly works against a two-state solution (The majority of American Jews support a two-state solution).
If President Trump gives Bolton a waiver while he works without a security clearance, as he has done, under wide condemnation, for his family and a few others already, the political firestorm may be enough, with other factors, to cause Trump to have Bolton bolt the White House with only his Trump-irritating walrus mustache intact.
In the immediate meantime, members of congress and aroused citizens must use their influence to block or evict John Bolton from our White House.
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