6. He is in favor of torture.
In yet another demonstration of his neo-conservative beliefs, Bolton has defended the “enhanced interrogation” techniques of the Bush Administration. Bolton explains that water-boarding has “protected American lives.” Although he also is on record as opposing torture against Americans, he refuses to admit that water-boarding is torture. Additionally, in 2009, he criticized President Obama for his “passivity” when a Spanish Magistrate opened an investigation into the Bush Administration’s interrogation techniques, saying that “criminalizing policy disagreements is both inappropriate and destructive.”
