Bolton re-emerges after public hiatus charging White House froze his Twitter account

Source: CNN
Published: Nov 23, 2019
Author: Zachary Cohen
Post Date: 2019-11-23 12:53:04 by Judas Goat
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Washington (CNN)Former national security adviser John Bolton said Friday the White House barred him from his own Twitter account after he left the administration and suggested it acted out of concern about what he might say. Bolton, a constant if unseen presence during the House impeachment inquiry into Trump, reappeared on Twitter Friday after a months-long public hiatus since his departure from the White House in September. "Since resigning as National Security Advisor, the White House refused to return access to my personal Twitter account," Bolton tweeted. "Out of fear of what I may say? To those who speculated I went into hiding, I'm sorry to disappoint!" "In full disclosure, the @WhiteHouse never returned access to my Twitter account. Thank you to @twitter for standing by their community standards and rightfully returning control of my account," he added in a separate post later in the afternoon.

Bolton's tweet directly contradicts comments that Trump had made earlier in the day to Fox News. Asked during an interview if the White House had frozen Bolton's account, Trump had told Fox News Friday: "No, of course not."

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#1: Judas Goat    To: All (#0)

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Judas Goat posted on 2019-11-23 12:54:36   Reply   Private Reply

#2: jeremiad    To: Peromischievous leucopus (#0)

How does that work? Twitter can block Twitter, but a private citizen or the President cannot, unless it is a judges ruling or an official account.

jeremiad posted on 2019-11-23 15:17:48   Reply   Private Reply

#3: misterwhite    To: Peromischievous leucopus (#0)

"The White House on Friday shot back at former National Security Adviser John Bolton over his claim that it had locked him out of his Twitter account, with Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham suggesting the former ambassador was of “advanced age” and had simply forgotten his password."

misterwhite posted on 2019-11-23 21:27:24   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Hank Rearden    To: jeremiad (#2)

Twitter can block Twitter, but a private citizen or the President cannot, unless it is a judges ruling or an official account.

That's what I was thinking, too. His official account, if he had one, was taken away the moment he turned in his ID, but personal account isn't under White House control.

Hank Rearden posted on 2019-11-24 10:47:44   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Judas Goat    To: misterwhite (#3)

It's also possible the WH uses a password management solution and his password was an auto-generated secure password like:

chav5nunlXe30U7Ri-eq

Let's see Stephanie Grisham memorize a couple of dozen of those.

Judas Goat posted on 2019-11-24 12:08:38   Reply   Private Reply

#6: misterwhite    To: Peromischievous leucopus (#5)

It's also possible the WH uses a password management solution and his password was an auto-generated secure password like:

Or his password was "password" and he simply forgot it.

misterwhite posted on 2019-11-24 14:10:21   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Judas Goat    To: misterwhite (#6)

If IT in the WH allows passwords like "password", then they've got other problems besides Fearless Leader.

www.google.com/search?&q=...+opsec+in+the+white+house

Judas Goat posted on 2019-11-24 14:29:02   Reply   Private Reply

#8: WWG1WWA    To: Peromischievous leucopus (#7)

John Podesta's password was...password. LOL

WWG1WWA posted on 2019-11-25 06:00:28   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Judas Goat    To: WWG1WWA (#8)

"That’d be funny, if it were true. The thing is, there’s no material evidence to support the claim that Podesta violated a very basic tenet of Internet safety...

...Further, Podesta was using a Gmail account, and Google doesn’t allow users to make their passwords "password."
www.politifact.com/pundit...password-was-password-la/

Still LOLing?

Judas Goat posted on 2019-11-25 09:28:33   Reply   Private Reply