Commission on 9/11 Seriously Criticizes Ashcroft

[G_j]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0413-01.htm

Published on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 by Reuters

Commission on 9/11 Criticizes Ashcroft
by Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department under Attorney General John Ashcroft failed in 2001 to treat counterterrorism as a top priority, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks said in a report issued on Tuesday.

The commission staff statement focused on a Justice Department document that set out priorities for 2001 issued May 10 of that year. The top priorities were reducing gun violence and combating drug trafficking. It made no mention of counterterrorism.



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[Skidmore]

1. No wonder Ashcroft

got sick.

[G_j]

2. no I think

a Calico cat crossed his path.

[Skidmore]

3. Suppose he'll fall on his sword for *? His health

would give him a good reason, and he's been a pretty divisive figure. * could see that as a way to take the heat off of himself.

[apnu]

5. I've been thinking that someone will go the way of...

Liddy and Dean in Watergate... I thought it would be Condi, but somehow that didn't happen. I'm not 100% sure if she was intended to be a patsy, or if we successfully managed to keep this firmly planted in *'s ass.

If not Ashcroft, then who? He's likely because of his health, and the fact that he's hugely unpopular with the American body. I honestly think that on average Americans distrust him today more than any one other person in recent government history.

[gandalf]

4. They failed? But no! They warned Asscroft

not to fly commercially. Who can really say they did underestimate the danger?

edited for spelling error in Asscroft.