Just talked to Jayant Kalotra the head of the company Vienna, Va.-based IBTCI, which employed Bolton and for which Melody Townsel was a sub-contractor (more precisely, she worked for a company that was a sub-contractor). Everyone seems to be fuzzy on the details here because it was a decade ago and it’s all a little confusing, but this is his basic take. The company had a bullpen-style office in a Moscow hotel. Bolton and Townsel briefly crossed paths there (although the chronology of Townsel’s story doesn’t seem to make sense–I’ll try to post more on that later). Now, remember she alleges Bolton chased and threw things at her at that hotel. Kalotra says, “We had several people living in that hotel, and got weekly reports. We would have heard about something like that.” He says that he was “astounded” to see her story in the newspaper. “I had never heard of that.” He says, “Mr. Bolton had never spoken to any of our employees in Moscow or Washington even firmly. He was a very correct individual to work” with. More: “I told him he would follow the rules of IBTCI and he was very respectful of that.” Asked if he believes Townsel, he says, “I don’t. It’s a small company and we hear of these things. I didn’t know or hear of anything like that.” For what it’s worth. Obviously many media organizations are looking into this story, and we will know more soon…