This Odd Bolton Necessity To Use Classified Material For His 'Product'

 Customer X comes to John Bolton and say they need an assessment.  I'm guessing Bolton interprets this.....thinking some 50-odd page report will make them happy.

So in my scenario, he turns to get classified material (pages and pages) of mostly CIA crap, and DIA crap.  This is analytical reports written by GS-11/12 CIA guys who have a degree in X-matters, and were told by their boss to analyze stuff, and produce a 2-page report on 'something'.  The DIA reports?  Mostly stuff written by military teams (Navy, AF, Army).....with two or three enlisted guys summing up something an a Lt or Capt wrapping up the wording.

The odds of these reports being BS, or marginally of value?  Well....that's really a hidden problem which is often discussed.  You might go and read ten reports over a afternoon....finding that at least three of them are crap and not worth briefing your commander.  Some days....fifty percent of the reports you might read....are BS.

Bolton in this situation....probably has  more than a dozen of such reports....then cutting and pasting to his legal pad.....assembles some assessment....taking 10-percent of his report from some crappy CIA assessment, and 50-percent from some other secret agency with useless statistical data.

In the end, Bolton then sends his final product to X-customer.  If you read his entire summary....it might not make sense because it's words from several different reports, and Bolton assumes it's non-crap (when in fact, it is crap).  

X-customer believing in Bolton's assessment?  That's the odd thing.   You might ask the guy/gal, and they remark that it's lot of BS sprinkled around general facts.  Then you ask....was it worth X-amount, and they laugh....saying 'no'.

Here's the thing....there's probably 300-odd former government employees who have some clearance still open, and to pump up their retirement situation....once or twice a year.....they take classified knowledge or reports...selling their assessment to some non-US group/person.  

By Trump's folks opening up this situation....there is some worry (I would suggest) that they will branch out and start to raid other folks.  

The only thing to correct such behavior?  Raid, prosecute, and assess five to ten years of prison.....over and over.