During his four decades as an accumulator of power in the nation’s capital, a holder of high offices in the State Department, and finally a stint as President Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton has been well known for his scrupulous attention to the hiring and firing of his staff.

H/T: American Greatness

Bolton ran a tight ship with an iron fist and there's no way the Vindman twins would have been hired for their positions without his careful consideration, especially since the nature of their work could obviously create conflicts of interest that under normal circumstances would prevent them from working anywhere near each other.

Anyone who has been involved in national security affairs in Republican administrations since 1981 knows that it is impossible that the Vindman brothers were given sensitive jobs in Bolton’s NSC without Bolton having become assured of their usefulness and loyalty to Bolton and his agenda. Both the Ukraine policy and the “ethics attorney” slots are of vast personal priority to Bolton.

Perhaps that loyalty had something to do with Bolton's manuscript leaking at the worst possible time politically for President Trump?

Earlier reports indicated that Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, acting in the senior ethics lawyer position for the National Security Council (NSC), may have participated in the review process of the manuscript prior to publication.

https://t.co/UAM4BZB7YA



“If your manuscript includes classified information, then you’re committing a felony by passing it around,” a former White House official told RealClearPolitics.”



And the leaker has to go to jail. Was it Vindman II — brownOUT (@JHWalz32) February 1, 2020

FLASHBACK: John Bolton defends revoking of security clearance of former CIA director, Trump critic https://t.co/VvlDtvsxdN — DeepClips (@DeepClips) February 1, 2020

Back in 2018, Martha Raddatz sat down with White House National Security Adviser John Bolton in Jerusalem for an exclusive interview on "This Week."