A source close to the Trump administration informs Breitbart News that Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, a senior ethics lawyer for the National Security Council (NSC), is in charge of reviewing all publications by current and former NSC officials.

H/T: Breitbart

According to the New York Times, John Bolton had sent his manuscript around to this “close associates” and that he had “also sent a draft to the White House for a standard review process for some current and former administration officials who write books.”

In a statement, Bolton's attorney Chuck Cooper wrote that the manuscript had been submitted on the assurance that the “process of reviewing submitted materials is restricted to those career employees regularly charged with responsibility for such reviews” and that the “contents of Ambassador Bolton's manuscript will not be reviewed or otherwise disclosed to any persons not regularly involved in that process.”

The statement concluded, “It is clear, regrettably, from The New York Times article published today that the prepublication review process has been corrupted.”

This latest leak comes on the heels of news that Alexander Vindman's former boss, NSC official Andrew Peek, was put on leave pending investigation. What is going on with the NSC and how much longer are the leakers going to be left in place?

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