WTF Is It Now?!?

Travesty of justice
'No question: John Ashcroft is the worst attorney general in history.'

Jebus - Paul Krugman is all over Crisco John like Lynne Cheney at a leather 'n' lesbians latte emporium:

Before 9/11 he was aggressively uninterested in the terrorist threat. He didn't even mention counterterrorism in a May 2001 memo outlining strategic priorities for the Justice Department. When the 9/11 commission asked him why, he responded by blaming the Clinton administration, with a personal attack on one of the commission members thrown in for good measure.

We can't tell directly whether Mr. Ashcroft's post-9/11 policies are protecting the United States from terrorist attacks. But a number of pieces of evidence suggest otherwise. (snip)

Perhaps most telling is the way Mr. Ashcroft responds to criticism of his performance. His first move is always to withhold the evidence. Then he tries to change the subject by making a dramatic announcement of a terrorist threat. (snip)

Somewhere, the anthrax terrorist is laughing.

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