Bush UN nominee under fire over bullying claims

THE man US President George W Bush wants as his UN ambassador was castigated yesterday as a “kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy” who had abused analysts who disagreed with his views of Cuba’s weapons capabilities.

With John Bolton’s nomination under Democratic attack, Carl Ford, former chief of the State Department’s bureau of intelligence and research, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support accusations of harassment.

“I have never seen anyone quite like Mr Bolton,” Mr Ford testified under oath.