Saturday, June 20, 2020

"This should never to happen again!!!"






Projection is a way of life for some.

BTW...




A federal judge has rejected the White House’s last-ditch efforts to stop the publication of a new book from John Bolton, saying the former adviser had “gambled with the national security of the United States” but an injunction was not an “appropriate remedy”.

The judge overseeing a justice department lawsuit against Mr Bolton said in a ruling on Saturday that President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser had exposed his country to harm and himself to civil and potentially criminal liability by pushing ahead with his memoir, The Room Where It Happened.

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“In taking it upon himself to publish his book without securing final approval from national intelligence authorities, Bolton may indeed have caused the country irreparable harm. But in the internet age, even a handful of copies in circulation could irrevocably destroy confidentiality,” the judge said. “With hundreds of thousands of copies around the globe — many in newsrooms — the damage is done. There is no restoring the status quo.”

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But Royce Lamberth concluded that the government had “failed to establish that an injunction will prevent irreparable harm”.

“While Bolton’s unilateral conduct raises grave national security concerns, the government has not established that an injunction is an appropriate remedy,” the judge said.

  Financial Times
It's not a loss if you don't recognize it?
A White House statement said: “The Government intends to hold Bolton to the further requirements of his agreements and to ensure that he receives no profits from his shameful decision to place his desire for money and attention ahead of his obligations to protect national security. “

Charles Cooper, a lawyer for Mr Bolton, welcome[d] the court’s decision to deny the injunction. “We respectfully take issue, however, with the Court’s preliminary conclusion at this early stage of the case that Ambassador Bolton did not comply fully with his contractual pre-publication obligation to the Government, and the case will now proceed to development of the full record on that issue. The full story of these events has yet to be told — but it will be.”

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Simon & Schuster said on Saturday: “We are grateful that the court has vindicated the strong First Amendment protections against censorship and prior restraint of publication. We are very pleased that the public will now have the opportunity to read Ambassador Bolton’s account of his time as national security adviser.”




...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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