Bolton Lied to the Senate, Dictator Bush Will Install Him Anyway

Yep, John Bolton perjured himself by submitting a false affidavit to the Senate. State Dept. claims he "DIDN'T REMEMBER" testifying in a joint State Dept/CIA investigation into the false claims and forged documents concerning Iraq attempting to buy Uranium from Niger. You know? The little sixteen words in Dim Son's '03 State of the Dis-Union Address? That ultimately led to PlameGate/ RoveGate? Doesn't matter, old news, our Tin Horn Texas Dictator's gonna install Bolton's lying carcass anyway. At least that's what all the "un-named sources" have been floatin' to the corporate mediawhores... First up, a couple takes on the perjurious statement...

(AP) - State Dept. Now Says Bolton Interviewed
John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for U.N. ambassador, neglected to tell Congress he had been interviewed in a government investigation into faulty prewar intelligence that Iraq was seeking nuclear materials in Africa... 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... 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... The reversal followed persistent Democratic attempts, led by Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., to question Bolton's veracity just days before Bush could make Bolton's a recess appointment, meaning he could occupy the U.N. post until the end of next year when the current Congress ends. "It seems unusual that Mr. Bolton would not remember his involvement in such a serious matter," said Biden, "In my mind, this raises more questions that need to be answered. I hope Bush will not make the mistake of recess appointing Mr. Bolton."

Next is Reuters take -

(Reuters) - State Dept admits Bolton gave inaccurate answers
The State Department reversed itself on Thurs. night and acknowledged that Bush's U.N. ambassador nominee gave Congress inaccurate information about an investigation he was involved in. The acknowledgment came after the State Department had earlier insisted nominee John Bolton's "answer was truthful" when he said he had not been questioned or provided information to jury or government investigations in the past five years. "When Mr. Bolton completed his form during the Senate confirmation process he did not recall being interviewed by the State Department inspector general...," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. Earlier, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware said he had information Bolton was interviewed as part of a State Dept- CIA joint investigation on intelligence lapses that led to the Bush administration's pre-Iraq war claim that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger. Biden, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said that should have been noted on the questionnaire, for which nominees swear out affidavits stating the information is true and accurate. "It now appears that Mr. Bolton's answers may not meet that standard," Biden wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Here's three pieces on the plans to "install" Bolton, all based on "un-named sources", of course... Sounds like a lot like trial balloonage, or, more likely, psychological preparation for the public of the blatant abuse of power to come...

Officials: Bush Plans to Install Bolton
(AP) - Administration officials say President Bush is preparing to use constitutional powers rarely employed for major appointments to bypass the Senate and install - if only temporarily - John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Bush intends to use a recess appointment to put the controversial conservative in the post before leaving Washington on Tuesday to spend August at his Texas ranch, said two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because Bush has not made the announcement... "It's the wrong thing to do. John Bolton is the wrong person for the job," said Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., a member of Foreign Relations Committee. "The president is entitled to take that action, but I don't think it will serve American foreign policy well." Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said a recess appointment of this "badly flawed, ill-suited candidate" would be an abuse of power.

(CBS/AP) Bolton's Recess Appointment On Tap
President Bush intends to announce next week that he is going around Congress to install embattled nominee John Bolton as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, senior administration officials said Friday. Mr. Bush has the power to fill vacancies without Senate approval while Congress is in recess. Under the Constitution, a recess appointment during the lawmakers' August break would last until the next session of Congress, which begins in January 2007. An end run around the Senate confirmation process would certainly annoy senators — particularly Democrats — at a time when Mr. Bush's nomination of John Roberts to serve on the Supreme Court hangs in the balance. It also could hamper Bolton at the United Nations, by sending him there as a short-timer without the Senate's backing. "There's just too much unanswered about Bolton and I think the president would make a truly serious mistake if he makes a recess appointment," Sen. Joseph Biden...

LA Times -Bush Plans to Bypass Senate, Appoint Bolton
Bush will sidestep Democratic opposition to his nomination of John R. Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by making a recess appointment not subject to Senate confirmation, a senior administration official said Friday. The appointment, which is likely to further roil relations with congressional Democrats, will be announced before the president leaves Washington on Tuesday for a five-week working vacation at his Texas ranch, said the official, who requested anonymity because Bush had not yet publicly disclosed his intentions. The (Tin Horn Texas Dictator) was expected to proceed despite the disclosure that Bolton had made a false statement to a Senate committee. Democrats made a fresh appeal Friday that Bush not bypass the confirmation process by using his power to appoint Bolton during the month long congressional recess that starts this weekend. The White House and State Department said the incorrect information Bolton submitted to lawmakers was an unintentional mistake...