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This letter was read into the Senate foreign relations committee in 2005.
Reported by The Independent. Paul Manfort's name comes up, why am I not surprised?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bolton-would-bang-on-my-door-and-shout-503763.html
Dear Sir:
I'm writing to urge you to consider blocking in committee the nomination of John Bolton as ambassador to the UN.
In the late summer of 1994, I worked as the subcontracted leader of a US AID project in Kyrgyzstan officially awarded to a HUB primary contractor. My own employer was Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly, and I reported directly to Republican leader Charlie Black.
After months of incompetence, poor contract performance, inadequate in-country funding, and a general lack of interest or support in our work from the prime contractor, I was forced to make US AID officials aware of the prime contractor's poor performance.
I flew from Kyrgyzstan to Moscow to meet with other Black Manafort employees who were leading or subcontracted to other US AID projects. While there, I met with US AID officials and expressed my concerns about the project -- chief among them, the prime contractor's inability to keep enough cash in country to allow us to pay bills, which directly resulted in armed threats by Kyrgyz contractors to me and my staff.
Within hours of sending a letter to US AID officials outlining my concerns, I met John Bolton, whom the prime contractor hired as legal counsel to represent them to US AID. And, so, within hours of dispatching that letter, my hell began.
Mr. Bolton proceeded to chase me through the halls of a Russian hotel -- throwing things at me, shoving threatening letters under my door and, generally, behaving like a madman. For nearly two weeks, while I awaited fresh direction from my company and from US AID, John Bolton hounded me in such an appalling way that I eventually retreated to my hotel room and stayed there. Mr. Bolton, of course, then routinely visited me there to pound on the door and shout threats.
When US AID asked me to return to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in advance of assuming leadership of a project in Kazakstan, I returned to my project to find that John Bolton had proceeded me by two days. Why? To meet with every other AID team leader as well as US foreign-service officials in Bishkek, claiming that I was under investigation for misuse of funds and likely was facing jail time. As US AID can confirm, nothing was further from the truth.
He indicated to key employees of or contractors to State that, based on his discussions with investigatory officials, I was headed for federal prison and, if they refused to cooperate with either him or the prime contractor's replacement team leader, they, too, would find themselves the subjects of federal investigation. As a further aside, he made unconscionable comments about my weight, my wardrobe and, with a couple of team leaders, my sexuality, hinting that I was a lesbian (for the record, I'm not).
When I resurfaced in Kyrgyzstan, I learned that he had done such a convincing job of smearing me that it took me weeks -- with the direct intervention of US AID officials -- to limit the damage. In fact, it was only US AID's appoinment of me as a project leader in Almaty, Kazakstan that largely put paid to the rumors Mr. Bolton maliciously circulated.
As a maligned whistleblower, I've learned firsthand the lengths Mr. Bolton will go to accomplish any goal he sets for himself. Truth flew out the window. Decency flew out the window. In his bid to smear me and promote the interests of his client, he went straight for the low road and stayed there.
John Bolton put me through hell -- and he did everything he could to intimidate, malign and threaten not just me, but anybody unwilling to go along with his version of events. His behavior back in 1994 wasn't just unforgivable, it was pathological.
I cannot believe that this is a man being seriously considered for any diplomatic position, let alone such a critical posting to the UN. Others you may call before your committee will be able to speak better to his stated dislike for and objection to stated UN goals. I write you to speak about the very character of the man.
It took me years to get over Mr. Bolton's actions in that Moscow hotel in 1994, his intensely personal attacks and his shocking attempts to malign my character.
I urge you from the bottom of my heart to use your ability to block Mr. Bolton's nomination in committee.
Respectfully yours,
Melody Townsel
Dallas, TX 75208
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)miyazaki
(2,239 posts)I mean, you almost never forget an asshole.
That sob should have been tossed out the window.
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)Neither does Shithole, of course
byronius
(7,394 posts)Endlessly surprised by this crew. Just wow.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)He was a Rumsfeld/Cheney/Bush hired hand, very war mongering.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)back when Bolton was appointed UN Ambassador.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)That should have been the last time we ever had to deal with Bolton, but it wasn't and he was given a recess appointment. Now this today.
This scum just keeps coming back over and over again.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)This guy is one scary fuckface!!!!! Even David Corn(Mother Jones) said today's announcement made this the scariest day of this admin so far.
spike91nz
(180 posts)The inmates are in charge of the asylum.
oasis
(49,376 posts)mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)Theyll get along great and take us all straight to hell. Were screwed.
yonder
(9,663 posts)HOLYSHIT!
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,997 posts)What is the greek term from "rule by bullies"?
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)"Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly"
Yes, it is *that* Paul Manafort and Roger Stone, names we all recognize for their more recent actions.
Some of these turds keep popping up amidst the rest of the sewage.
Drain the swamp, indeed.
Every (D) candidate for the 2018 midterms needs to adopt a campaign slogan of "Lock him up!!! Remember, you are voting for the people that will be doing the impeachment."
calimary
(81,220 posts)mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)we must know our enemies.