So John Bolton is now officially NSA. I have interviewed him many times over the years -- and even hosted him for an off-the-record dinner as part of my Churchill Tommy Gun Society dinners. A few observations.
When I asked Bolton in 2011 to define his FP,said the bumper sticker wld be "pro-American,"which seems to fall in line w Trump's rhetoric dailycaller.com/2011/04/27/the…’s-jamie-weinstein-john-bolton-on-birtherism-trump-the-limits-of-democracy-promotion-and-his-presidential-aspirations/ 
Despite people suggesting Bolton is a neoconservative he is not, at least to the extent you define neoconservative as someone who is intent on pushing democracy promotion abroad
He had no problem if Afghanistan or Libya turned into pro-American autocracies as opposed to democracies
He did not support Mubarak's overthrow and was skeptical of Arab Spring (even though he supported Libya intervention)
In that same 2011 interview, Bolton told me Trump's birtherism was close to a disqualifying issue for the man he will now serve as NSA for
Bolton told me he believes, despite a Gerald Ford executive order supposedly prohibiting, the US can engage in targeted assassinations
So I asked him in 2011, when Kim Jong Il was still alive, whether he thinks the US should assassinate if it could?
Bolton is a fairly liberal Republican on social issues. In 2010 he told me he had no problem with repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell dailycaller.com/2010/08/30/joh…
He told me philosophers like Edmund Burke and Adam Smith were very influential on his world view, as well as Bill Buckley and Barry Goldwater dailycaller.com/2010/08/30/joh…
Anyways, here are two of the big interviews I've had with Bolton (one where he first suggested he might run for President) dailycaller.com/2010/08/30/joh… and yahoo.com/news/thedc-jam…
Also interesting about Bolton: In 2003, the CIA stopped him from testifying before Congress on what he believed was Syria's effort to acquire WMDs. In 2009, Israel destroyed Syria's nuke program. Syria's been using chemical weapons. Maybe Bolton was right nytimes.com/2003/07/18/wor…
Ok. Finally found my favorite John Bolton anecdote, which is quote relevant. In 2003, he as asked about Bush admin policy toward NK. This is what he told the NYTimes nytimes.com/2003/09/02/wor…
