As recessed-appointed US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton's name comes before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today for confirmation today, comes word from UN sources that Bolton's tenure at the UN has been marked by spying on UN staff, other missions to the UN, and journalists assigned to cover the UN. Bolton has not only turned the US Mission to the UN into a virtual neo-con nest in the middle of Manhattan but an operation that works hand-in-glove on all UN matters with the Israeli Mission to the UN. Bolton's staff also reportedly uses journalists with Fox News and other neo-con media outlets to identify and harass journalists from news organizations at the UN that do not kowtow to the neo-con party line. Bolton's tenure at the State Department was also marked by his illegal use of domestic National Security Agency wiretaps to intimidate his adversaries at the State Department, including then-Secretary of State Colin Powell.