John Bolton: Hired UN underminer

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BY TRUDY RUBIN

Knight Ridder Newspapers

(KRT) - <snip>

He led a campaign against ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; now the administration considers itself free to develop new types of nuclear weapons. He opposed banning land mines and endorsed weaponization of space. He obstructed crucial efforts to update the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

And he did nothing to further U.S. efforts to secure Russia's unsafe arsenal of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons - the biggest potential source of WMD to terrorists. <snip>

In June 2003, Christian Westermann, a State Department expert on chemical and biological weapons, complained at congressional hearings that Bolton had hyped unsupported claims of a Cuban bioweapons program. Secretary of State Colin Powell praised Westermann's testimony.

In July 2003, the CIA raised strong protest about Bolton's planned testimony to Congress that Syrian development of chemical and biological weapons was so advanced it threatened Mideast stability. Insufficient evidence. <snip>

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