« John Bolton, l’éminent faucon accro à la guerre, a plaidé coupable d’enfreinte à l’Espionage Act alors qu’il avait auparavant réclamé la peine de mort pour les lanceurs d’alerte Edward Snowden et Chelsea Manning, ainsi que 176 ans de prison pour le journaliste Julian Assange. »
Prominent US war hawk John Bolton has pled guilty to violating the Espionage Act after previously demanding execution for whistleblowers Edward Snowden & Chelsea Manning and 176 years in prison for publisher Julian Assange.
As part of a plea agreement, Bolton admitted to unlawfully retaining sensitive national security information. He now faces up to 5 years in prison, up to 3 years of supervised release, a $2.25 million fine, forfeiture of his pension, and is due to be sentenced on 28 October.