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Ashcroft Launches Attack On 9/11 Commission»

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft this week became the first Cabinet-level Bush official to attack the 9/11 Commission, writing in his newly-released memoirs that it “seemed obsessed with trying to lay the blame for the terrorist attacks at the feet of the Bush administration, while virtually absolving the previous administration of responsibility.” Given his record on 9/11, Ashcroft is the last one who should be lobbing attacks on others.

In State of Denial, Bob Woodward writes that Condoleezza Rice received a briefing on July 10, 2001 “showing the increasing likelihood that al Qaeda would soon attack the U.S.” According to the State Department, on July 17, 2001, Ashcroft “received the same CIA briefing about an imminent al-Qaida strike on an American target.”

Despite the accumulating evidence that he failed to act on these pre-9/11 warnings, Ashcroft told NBC’s Today Show earlier this week that he had never received any evidence of a domestic threat:

ASHCROFT: If there had been such a meeting that had taken place, with Ms. Rice, and she had been told there was a domestic threat — that that was the feature of the meeting — I’m surprised they wouldn’t have such a briefing for the Attorney General as well.

NBC: You never heard of any domestic threat impending at all?

ASHCROFT: There was a lot of talk about threats. The kind we had endured before. But when asked about is there any evidence that the threat would be domestic, the answer simply was no.

Ashcroft’s credibility surrounding the events of 9/11 has been repeatedly called into question. Previously, the former Acting Director of the FBI, Thomas Pickard, testified to the 9/11 Commission that Ashcroft explicitly told him prior to 9/11 that he “didn’t want to hear about” domestic terrorism threats anymore. Ashcroft denied ever having said that.

Now, criticism is being leveled against Ashcroft from a former Republican member of the 9/11 Commission, Slade Gorton. Gorton said that Ashcroft “may very well have been the worst witness we interviewed” because he was “very unresponsive and unhelpful.”

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89 Responses to “Ashcroft Launches Attack On 9/11 Commission”

  1. Robert Carver Says:

    Let us not forget his list of security priorities he listed sometime prior to 9/11. Terrorism was 3rd or 4th down the list with pornography at the top. These radicals hate sex so much it clouds their minds


  2. Exley Says:

    John Ashcroft was our nation’s greatest Attorney General, along with Bobby Kennedy. I just ordered his book.


  3. pgw Says:

    is there a chapter about how he suddenly stopped flying on commercial airplanes prior to sept. 11?


  4. Steve Says:

    First we had “But Clinton” the ABC telepic, now “But Clinton” the book.

    How annoying.

    http://www.theworstpresidentever.org


  5. Grand+Moff+Texan Says:

    Terrorism was 3rd or 4th down the list with pornography at the top.

    Actually, he didn’t list terrorism, iirc. Ashcroft was only ONE member of the Bush administration who didn’t think terrorism was a threat.

    Then 9/11 happened.

    They’ve been trying to rewrite the story ever since.
    .


  6. james+k.+sayre Says:

    Treason on Nine-Eleven.


  7. USA Says:

    The biggest slime to have ever existed.


  8. robg Says:

    Hey Exley…did you know that all the cool Right Wing kids call you “Excrement” behind your back? Is that why you post on TP? Did you get “Excommunicated” from Kool Aid land? Or are you doing your two year brainwashing mission, “Exiled” to the land of the righteous? Do us a favor and take your cheerleading and buttslapping back to Little Green Footballs.


  9. buzzbomb Says:

    Let the eagle soar, lying moron.


  10. pbg Says:

    Well, I like the title of the book.


  11. DallasNE Says:

    Ashcroft was part of the culture of corruption. Besides, he had much of the FBI resources cracking down on internet porn. That was where he saw the primary threat coming from. But he fit right in with the Bush administration in that regard.

    And speaking of the culture of corruption, it is raising its head in Tennessee with the RNC voter registration work. (This is what the fat-cat money is paying for).

    http://www.gallatinnewsexaminer.com/ apps/ pbcs.dll/ article?AID=/ 20061006/ NEWS0206/ 610060429/ 1309/ MTCN04


  12. adambnyc Says:

    Also, don’t forget he lost an election to a dead guy.


  13. nigel Says:

    hmm…prediction….

    Despite ignoring bob woodwards book, this will be hyped on insanitty and colmes


  14. dlet Says:

    Imagine that the people that advise the POTUS are/were Cheney, Rumsfield, Ashcroft, Kissinger and Rice. Oh wait that is it…..doomed I tell you…doomed.


  15. Subway+Serenade Says:

    The title of the book answers the question “When will America vote Republican?”


    Goper’s Lament


  16. JesusChrist_GodOfWAR Says:

    John Asscroft was anything but interested in terrorism in the months leading to the events of 9/11.

    If his book is accurate, he will describe how much he was interested in furthering the agenda of the NRA and how he ignored terrorism.


  17. Jackie Says:

    Ashcrof needs the money for future legal problems so he’ll say anything for people to buy his book. Don’t be surprised if Ashcrofs name is on the pervert list you never know these days.


  18. Exley Says:

    # 8 Do us a favor and take your cheerleading and buttslapping back to Little Green Footballs.

    Nah, robg…I like it here. I find it very amusing. I think I’ll stick around.


  19. ejb Says:

    Anyone ever notice that the Clinton Administration never tried to blame Bush I for the 1993 World Trade Center attacks? The Clintons were too busy tracking down and arresting the perpetrators.


  20. Andrew Says:

    I predict that this book will be ridiculed and exposed as “haven been written by a ghost writer and with many suspect exerpts.”

    I also predict that the American people, knowing what a complete ass John “Let the Eagle Soar” Ashcroft is, his book will flounder and actually cost the publisher money.

    Jail is coming for Ashcroft, anyway.

    :::


  21. CONservative Says:

    Would this be the same John Ashcroft who spent $8000 to drape the naked breast of the Spirit of Justice, presumably cause he didn’t want to be photographed in front of another boob? And some Kool-Aid drinker wants to call this clown the best AG ever? Must have the same speechwriter as Dumbya, who claimed on a campaign stop here in AZ in 2004 that Dumsfeld is the best Defense secretary the US has ever had.

    Nice projection on the title too…


  22. wisedup Says:

    ‘Never Again’…means we will NEVER believe any he says.


  23. oldtree Says:

    I wonder how much you got paid to lie Mr. Asshat? You are a criminal and you know of numerous laws you have violated. Do you really think anyone will believe your perversion of events? The facts are plain, and they contradict your version of reality. who is surprised?
    I do wonder if he has picked out his jail yet.


  24. tom+baker Says:

    …already in the clearance bin for $1.95…….I’m waiting for the $0.99 books-on-tape version at Wal-Mart, so I can enjoy Mr. Ashcroft’s song stylings.


  25. Wayne A. Schneider Says:

    Exley,

    I can’t believe you of all people would think John Ashcroft was a better Attorney General than Ed Meese! For those who don’t remember one of Reagan’s AGs, Meese famously said, “A suspect in a criminal trial is almost certainly guilty, otherwise he wouldn’t be a suspect.” That kind of makes the whole trial thing pointless, don’t you think?

    Exley, you could not have meant what you wrote about Ashcroft being the best (or even good). I know you’re excited about the Mets being up 2-0 in the series, but it should not have shut down your entire reasoning capacity. John Ashcroft was given that post because he couldn’t win an election against a dead man (literally), and he was willing to sell his soul to the devil (A/K/A Richard B. Cheney.)

    Let the Ex-ley sooooaaarrrr,
    Like he’s never soared before!


  26. nostrafarious Says:

    John AssCrap is simply a loon


  27. ardee Says:

    Republicans are the self-delusional emotionally stunted lemmings I hated in high school… you know, the people in the popular crowd that all were so desperate to fill the hole in their self esteem that they would do or say anything to belong… am I right or what?


  28. Things Are Outta Hand Says:

    pbg - “Well, I like the title of the book.” Good one!

    He was more worried about Tommy Chong selling bongs on the internet and topless statues than he was about terrorism.

    Does anyone know if the Justice Dept. has taken the draperies off the “Spirit of Justice” yet? Because you know that stone boob was very distracting!


  29. Exley Says:

    Wayne,

    1. You are correct that I am EXTREMELY excited about the Mets being up 2-0 (Excited, but not arrogant….Still more baseball to play).

    2. Actually, I am huge admirer of Ashcroft. I respected him in the Senate. I admired the way he conducted himself with grace and dignity during his confirmation hearings, all the while having to listen to the slanderous barking and braying of the liberal lynch mob that tried (unsuccessfully) to derail his nomination. And, of course, there is the fact that as Attorney General, he performed masterfully during some of the most difficult and trying times in our nation’s history. Like Attorney General Bobby Kennedy (a personal hero of mine) transformed the Justice Department to address the problem of organized crime, Ashcroft transformed DOJ to address the threat of radical Islamic terrorism. RFK was tenacious and tough against the Mafia and Ashcroft was similarly aggressive against terrorism.

    Hopefully, we will one day see Ashcroft in the Oval Office or sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court.

    LET’S GO METS!!!!!


  30. KRank Says:

    John Ashcroft was one of the worst Attorneys General in U. S. history. He’s a poster child for the loyalty-before-competence values of this administration. Asleep at the switch, distracted by pornographic statues (”They’re everywhere! Everywhere, I tell you!”) and unconcerned with public safety or welfare. No wonder Bush loved him.


  31. peterh Says:

    ASHCROFT: There was a lot of talk about threats

    Yeah, like the threat that Tommy Chong posed…
    Yeah, like the threat that abortions posed…..
    Yeah, like the threat that gun control might pose
    Yeah, like the threat that assisted suicide might pose

    But Terrorism????

    “Thomas Pickard (FBI) also said that he told Ashcroft in at least two meetings that the CIA was concerned about an attack, and that Ashcroft told him that “he did not want to hear about this anymore.”

    AssCroft, you’re a lying sack of dung…..piss off….


  32. nofltwlt Says:

    Now it seems that the WH may have “allowed” 9/11 to happen.

    This is a far more important issue than the question of Hassert’s resignation; the answer to that one is simple.

    The Neocons, in ignoring the warning of the CIA, may have said, just wait, if an attack comes we will have the tools and power we need to dominate this country and the world. They probably didn’t expect something as big as 9/11, just some little bombing that would kill a few dozen people in each of a few dozen locations across America.

    One thing that I have always considered is just how active Bush 41 was in all of this. After all, Dubya could not have ascended (not elected twice) to office without lots of help, and George senior with his CIA and other connections is the only person who could have and would have provided such help to his little woodenhead son of a bitch.

    Let’s investigate this possibility when the dems are in power.


  33. Zooey Says:

    [Slade] Gorton said that Ashcroft “may very well have been the worst witness we interviewed” because he was “very unresponsive and unhelpful.”

    Maybe they should have let him sing his testimony?


  34. Racer+X Says:

    Never Again ??? !!!!

    You are damn right, Never Again !

    Never Again will America allow such a corrupt bunch of incompetent idiots to control this nation !

    Ascroft can kiss my @ss.


  35. madstork123 Says:

    #29.

    You Know I’d like to see the whole of the Bush administration standing before a court. Maybe a war crimes tribunal? OF course they could all just stand before the Senate duing the trial for violations of the Constitution.


  36. Dog_named_Boo Says:

    Who’s Ashcroft? Isn’t this guy that lost the election to a dead man?

    Meanwhile, the New York Times is reporting a top Justice Department official held up approval of the secret spy program over concerns about its legality and oversight In March 2004, acting Attorney General James Comey refused to sign on to the program’s continued use. Comey was serving in place of then-Attorney General John Aschroft while Ashcroft was hospitalized. Comey’s refusal prompted senior Presidential aides Andrew Card and Alberto Gonzales to visit Aschroft in his hospital room to grant the approval. The Times reports Ashcroft expressed reluctance to sign off on the program. It is unclear if he eventually relented. Both Ashcroft and Comey’s concerns appear to have led to a temporary suspension of parts of the program for several months, the Times says.

    Ashcroft flip flopper!

    Heh, Ashcraft is now saying that he wants another 9/11 commission since the last one laid blame at dubyas feet?


  37. Hastert+Hearts+Pedophiles Says:

    Ashcroft was never qualified to be Attorney General. He has an incomplete understanding of the American legal system. Funny how all the incompetents seem to flock together in the Bush White House.


  38. Dog_named_Boo Says:

    I watched Ashcroft one day, speaking about the patriot act, and his losing an election to a dead man etc, it was one of the most incoherent self centered ramblings I have ever heard.


  39. MagickMuffin Says:

    Things Are Outta Hand: I started writing this before I read your post. I guess great minds think alike. ;-P

    We all know his priorities were with prosecuting internet porn and the pot culture with the arrest of Tommy Chung.

    Asscrotch wasn’t concerned with domestic terrorism, at least not for the public’s safety. He knew to start flying on private/charter planes.

    http://comlogic.blogspot.com/


  40. Dog_named_Boo Says:

    Hopefully, we will one day see Ashcroft in the Oval Office or sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court. -Exley

    Lmao thats some funny ass sarcasm you got Exley!! Bwahaha


  41. e_five Says:

    “Never Again?” There is no way I could top that title.


  42. Wayne A. Schneider Says:

    Exley,

    What I remember about Ashcroft is that upon taking office, oneof the first instrcutions he gave to DOJ employees was regarding FOIA requests. He told them to turn down all requests and force the people seeking the informaiton to go to court (where he knew they would lose.) It was a waste of taxpayer time and money. And this FOIA policy was well before 9/11.

    I remember him wasting $8000 of our money to cover a statue whose bare breast was showing. You would think an Attorney General who supported the concepts of free speech (and art) would be a little less of a prig about such things.

    And any transformation of the DOJ that he might have done (we disagree on that) was only after we were hit by them. He ignored terrorism until we were attacked. Someone said he put it down to third or fourth priority; my understanding is that it wasn’t even in his top ten priorities. He has no understanding of the law or the Constitution, and he was selected for his post for ideological reasons, not qualification reasons. And he’s an awful singer, though that’s just a personal opinion, one I share with millions of other Americans.

    I’m afraid we’re going to be forever disagreeing on this one. But do keep playing our game. You’re a fun contestant.


  43. barfly Says:

    He said this while they were warrantlessly tapping our phones:

    To those who pit Americans against immigrants, citizens against non-citizens, to those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve,” Ashcroft told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “They give ammunition to America’s enemies and pause to America’s friends. They encourage people of good will to remain silent in the face of evil.

    Our efforts have been crafted carefully to avoid infringing on constitutional rights, while saving American lives.”


  44. big+papa Says:

    Wayne # 25

    A caller called C-Span this morning and remarked about how Dennis Miller tried to place Bush(iva) in the category of presidential notables as Lincoln and Truman…

    …the caller described the category as presidents who didn’t look so swell during their presidencies(conflicts), but history made them heroes…

    …that caller wasn’t you, was it?


  45. big+papa Says:

    Wayne,

    to clarify (after reading my previous post to you)…

    …the caller was CRITICAL of Miller’s insinuation…


  46. Wayne A. Schneider Says:

    #44 big papa,

    No, not me. I have never called in to C-SPAN.


  47. It's hard out here for a Chimp.. Says:

    There’s something fitting about Ashcroft’s picture with a “NEVER AGAIN” header above it.


  48. Dog_named_Boo Says:

    Of course, there was once a time when reporters believed that the sexual peccadilloes [pretzledilloes] of American leaders were a private matter, and the nation was probably better off for that belief. In the late 1990s, Broder himself argued several times that these kinds of stories don’t do voters any favors. But the rules were shifting, thanks largely to the mainstream press and the GOP’s relentless pursuit of Bill Clinton. Now the Times piece suggests that we’re in for three long years in which reporters will judge Hillary Clinton’s character by rumors about her husband. But it may be Republicans who have the most to lose.

    Lurking just over the horizon are liabilities for three Republicans who have topped several national, independent polls for the GOP’s favorite 2008 nominee: Sen. John McCain (affair, divorce), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (affair, divorce, affair, divorce), and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (divorce, affair, nasty divorce). Together, they form the most maritally [and morall] challenged crop of presidential hopefuls in American political history.

    Bwahahahhaa.

    Hey today is bad report friday for the bushoviks, wonder whats’ gonna bite the GOPigs ass today?


  49. theswan Says:

    What does it tell you when he titles his memoirs with the title “nerver again”? Good ridence.


  50. Zooey Says:

    There’s something fitting about Ashcroft’s picture with a “NEVER AGAIN” header above it.
    Comment by It’s hard out here for a Chimp..

    It is fitting, isn’t it? It should also be his last book…


  51. Zooey Says:

    Hey swan,

    “Good Riddance” would have been a good title, too.


  52. Racer+X Says:

    #47

    That’s a great monicker !!!

    ” … It’s hard out here for a Chimp… ”

    ROTFLMAO !!!!


  53. tarazan Says:

    He was more interested in fighting the image of a statue with exposed boobs…


  54. Zooey Says:

    tarazan,

    Ashcroft gets very frightened at the thought of his own boner, heaven forbid the thought of anyone else’s. *shudder*


  55. Things Are Outta Hand Says:

    MagickMuffin - you made me wonder if I had his name spelled wrong and did a little research and discovered that there’s a “B” movie about to come out, with Mr. Chong in it, called “Evil Bong”!

    It’s a low budget horror-comedy! lol

    As far as internet porm goes, call me cynical, but I think the Right’s ‘moral outrage’ has more to do with wanting to regulate the internet than truly caring about porn.


  56. Dog_named_Boo Says:

    As far as internet porm goes, call me cynical, but I think the Right’s ‘moral outrage’ has more to do with wanting to regulate the internet than truly caring about porn.
    Comment by Things Are Outta Hand

    You would be quite correct;

    Adelphia Communications Corp.: Donated large sums of money to some of the most conservative members of Congress. They are also the first cable company to offer hard-core adult movies to subscribers. (Kos, 2.8.05)

    Tue Feb 08, 2005 at 09:01:23 AM PDT

    Hypocrisy, GOP style:
    While its previous owners considered adult entertainment “immoral,” Adelphia Communications Corp., the country’s fifth-largest cable television provider, last week became the first to offer hard-core adult films on pay-per-view to its subscribers […]

    Viewers can watch such sexually explicit movies in the Hilton and Marriott hotel chains on video services like LodgeNet or on “On Command,” which is owned by Liberty Media, formerly a part of AT&T; at home via DirecTV, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp [FOX] ; or via virtually every cable company, including Cox, Time Warner and Comcast.

    See the Liberal media isn’t Liberal it’s Neo-con corporate media!

    But don’t dare tell a GOP troll that, they are brainwashed and will tell you, with great emnity, that it’s liberal media!

    Just try!


  57. Dog_named_Boo Says:

    Bush’ s Megaphone Unable to Reach Above the Din
    By JIM RUTENBERG
    President Bush’ s carefully honed attacks on Democrats as soft on terrorism have been drowned out by the Mark Foley case and its political repercussions.
    October 5, 2006 Washington News

    Must be that ‘Liberal media’ at work again eh?


  58. Things Are Outta Hand Says:

    Thanks Dog_named_Boo for the info! Damn I love coming to this site. It’s so therapeutic!

    If only the rest of the country was half as informed!!

    (Maybe that’s why Exley likes to come here?)


  59. cdad Says:

    Take it from where it comes….This guy got beat by a dead guy!!!!


  60. Jodi Says:

    John Asswipe is simply one of the Bush Administration Criminals.
    His book is nothing but a poor buttwipe.


  61. the+fly-man Says:

    EXELY, What the Hell is google good for if you don’t use it? What about Robert H Jackson?


  62. Urbanreader Says:

    Didn’t Aschroft see the 8/6/06 briefing with the wonderfully explicit Title?

    The August 6, 2001, President’s Daily Briefing Memo
    White House Fact Sheet: “The August 6, 2001 PDB Entitled “bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US”

    (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040410-5.html), April 10, 2004.

    From Wikipedia


  63. Karim Says:

    Another product of the Republican slime machine.


  64. Urbanreader Says:

    Again, Ashcroft said no evidence of domestic US attacks:

    “ASHCROFT: There was a lot of talk about threats. The kind we had endured before. But when asked about is there any evidence that the threat would be domestic, the answer simply was no.”

    But that’s the d@#$ed title of the briefing memo:

    “The August 6, 2001, President’s Daily Briefing Memo
    White House Fact Sheet: “The August 6, 2001 PDB Entitled “bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US”

    So, again I ask: Didn’t Ashcroft get the memo?


  65. keefer Says:

    Not only is Bush the most incompetent president to ever hold office, but he has hired the most idiotic people ever to work in government. You did a heck of a job Ashtray. No wonder you didn’t want to cooperate with the 9\11 commission , the worst security disaster in US history happened on your watch. In typical Bushite behavior instead of accepting responsibilty and fixing the problem, you are still pointing the finger of blame at others. Next week Ashtrays book will be in the $1.99 bargain section of Barnes and Noble and it still won’t be worth buying.


  66. TheOracle Says:

    Bill Clinton’s administration held cabinet-level counter-terrorism “principals” meetings THREE times a week to address the al Qaeda terrorist threat.

    Once Bush/Cheney entered the White House in January 2001, how many cabinet-level counter-terrorism “principals” meetings did they schedule to protect U.S. citizens from an al Qaeda terrorist attack? ONE!!! And this ONE meeting was held one week before the 9/11 attacks.

    Now, try and convince me that Bush/Cheney/Ashcroft were just as aggressive as the Clinton administration in protecting U.S. citizens for a terrorist attack. That these neo-con numbskulls were just as serious as Bill Clinton about the terrorist threat.

    The numbers don’t lie, dammit.

    THREE meetings a week (Cllinton) to only ONE damn meeting (Bush) before the 9/11 attacks.

    And lest anyone forget, the 9/11 attacks happened EIGHT months into Bush’s time in office…NOT during the Clinton administration.

    Ashcroft is just as insane as all the other top-level Bush administration partisan hacks.


  67. james madison Says:

    All of this chatter about ashcroft needs to fly higher - watch http://www.loosechange911.com - it will eclipse your illusions folks.


  68. james+madison Says:

    all this chatter about ashcroft is meaningless - watch wwww.loosechange911.com and become adult knowers


  69. MagickMuffin Says:

    Comment by Things Are Outta Hand: Oh boy did I make a great typo or what.

    Tommy Chong yes yes an o and not a u.

    Well I posted that after being awake far too long.

    Thanks for catching that.

    I’d like to see his movie. To bad he can’t sue Asscrotch for his lost time to lost wages because of Asscrotch’s obsession.

    http://comlogic.blogspot.com/


  70. general+panzer Says:

    how many elections did this asshle lose to a DEAD guy ??

    and how many DEFERMENTS did this asshole receive from the VietNam conflict ??

    Six !!! One more than that other COWARD cheney !!


  71. Arf Says:

    I’m inclined to believe Skeletor (Slade Gorton). As little as I like him, Senator Fishstick is more qualified than most to recognize an unresponsive witness when he see one. Of course, one wonders why this little detail is not even mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report. Isn’t that what footnotes and appendices were invented for?


  72. John_4_President Says:

    Everything you need to know about the man.
    http://www.eel.nu/ john-ashcroft-a-statesmans-tribute


  73. MissouriGuy Says:

    Ashcroft “got the memo” WAY before August 6 - He stopped flying commercial airlines in the summer of 2001. The only problem is his job was to protect the American people from domestic crime, so what is he hiding from us and why - besides Lady Justice’s nipples?


  74. JPark Says:

    Exley, what are you talking about? Great? What did he do for you to consider him great? I mean, really, he lost his senate race to a dead man. Doesn’t that tell you anything?


  75. Rider Says:

    It’s even worse than described in this post. Ashcroft quit using commercial airlines after that briefing:

    A week or so later, as CBS reported at the time, Ashcroft’s office announced that he would henceforth abjure traveling on commercial airlines. A week earlier his office had leased a jet, and the authorities were explaining his decision in terms of a “threat” that went unspecified:

    “‘There was a threat assessment and there are guidelines. He is acting under the guidelines,’ an FBI spokesman said. Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was detected, or who made it.”

    Ashcroft himself explicitly denied any knowledge of imminent danger:

    “‘I don’t do threat assessments myself and I rely on those whose responsibility it is in the law enforcement community, particularly the FBI. And I try to stay within the guidelines that they’ve suggested I should stay within for those purposes,’ Ashcroft said.

    “Asked if he knew anything about the threat or who might have made it, the attorney general replied, ‘Frankly, I don’t. That’s the answer.’”

    Ashcroft was lying then, and he’s lying now when he denies receiving Tenet’s warning.”"

    Source: http://www.antiwar.com (”States of Denial” by Justin Raimondo)


  76. Maturin42 Says:

    It takes a special kind of special to look at the whitewashing, highly conflicted 9-11 commission and see a group bent on pinning blame on the Bush administration. This particular lying sack of crap was a partner in crime of this insane group. When Mr. Ashcroft explains in a plausible manner why the guys who blocked the FBI from exposing the plot with the Phoenix memo and Coleen Rowley’s trying to search Mousoui’s computer, Dave Frasca, Spike Bowman, et al. were rewarded, promoted, or both for letting this plot hatch, then I might listen to something else he has to say. See you on the remainder stack - Mr. Asscroft


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