Last night I listened to Alex Jones latest show. I never listen to his show, but he was discussing things shared with him by Ed Martin, the guy running the DoJ task force, so I figured it might be important.
In classic Alex Jones fashion, he milked a few bones that Ed threw at him for hours. But, there was one thing that Ed told him that gave me a realization. Ed was telling Alex that some things that these deep state people will be nailed with are just the things we can catch them with now. His example, busting Capone for tax evasion. They are going to use everything, including the IRS to bring them down.
The Trap. Trump knew Bolton was dirty and had blood on his hands for convincing Bush to do all those missile strikes that killed countless people, many innocent. Trump couldn't nail him for that, but he could lay a trap knowing Bolton would do dirty things again. Trump invited him into his administration and shared classified information with him, knowing that he would steal and leak that information. Bolton was acting as an agent of the Bushes, he had to try and undermine Trump when he could.
Now, Trump's DoJ has him nailed. Bolton is fucked and will be charged with a list of crimes. He's looking at 20 years, probably. This was a brilliant trap that Trump laid, 5D chess. Bolton will face justice for all the things he got away with for decades.
I always thought Trump's vetting problems in his first admin were really to monitor and track the deep state. I've got to think if you have a high profile federal job, there are systems in place to ensure that you are not being compromised by an adversary. That could well be better than trying to get a warrant, which would require probable cause and a compliant judiciary to go along with your request....actions that could well tip off the deep state that something is happening. But a handful of trusted people doing "routine" security tasks? I bet nobody knows it is going on. You could map out their clients, handlers, subordinates....the entire network.
As for this admin....is it more of the same? Or actual vetting problems? I can't tell.