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White House bars Bolton from releasing book, cites 'top secret' material

The National Security Council said after preliminary review of the manuscript that it contained "significant amounts of classified information."

(File) As part of the talks, Trump’s National Security Council, led by John Bolton, asked the Pentagon to provide the White House with military options to strike Iran (Photo: Reuters)

AFP | PTI Washington

The White House on Wednesday said that former national security advisor John Bolton cannot publish in its current form a book reportedly containing explosive evidence concerning President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

The National Security Council said after preliminary review of the manuscript -- a vetting process applied to any White House employees writing books -- that it contained "significant amounts of classified information."

"Some of this information is at the TOP SECRET level," the NSC said in a letter to Bolton's lawyer Charles Cooper, adding that "the manuscript may not be published or otherwise disclosed without the deletion of this classified information.

 

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First Published: Jan 30 2020 | 1:00 AM IST

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