John Bolton: Recess Appointment?

Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, says he now expects United Nations Ambasssador nominee John Bolton be be given a recess appoinment by President Bush.

Mr. Roberts had sought until now to serve as an intermediary between the White House and Senate Democrats in the matter. But he said he believed that the administration had gone far enough, and that a recess appointment expiring in January 2007 and perhaps renominated after that, would be preferable to the potential security risks of providing Congress with wider access to names in the N.S.A. reports.

In those reports, Mr. Roberts said, “it is very easy to determine specific time, place and action, so you can get yourself in a lot of trouble real fast by talking about specific intercepts.”

Flap agrees.

The President should appoint Bolton during the upcoming Congressional recess and reappoint him in January 2007, if desired by both Bolton and the President.

The Democrats when suppiled the additional intelligence information will leak it trying to discredit Bolton and Bush. This, while a great disservice to the United States intelligence community, will be well within the Lefties mantra of Smear America First.

Read what Captain Ed’s take is here.