So where's Ashcroft?

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I'm not as big a news junkie as many on here, but I read papers every day and I haven't heard a peep from him or his department in ages.

Should Kerry be using the AG's extremism in attack ads? He seems like a very divisive figure who's been overlooked lately. I feel like Rove is hiding him from attention.

What do y'all think?

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1. Speak of the devil....

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Diverting Justice: John Ashcroft and the politics of distraction

By Mike Whitney

Al-Jazeerah, September 7, 2004

On the day that FBI special agent, Colleen Rowley testified before a Senate subcommittee investigation the details of the 9-11 attacks, the Justice dept. preempted the hearings by making the “surprise” announcement of the capture of “dirty bomber”, Jose Padilla at Chicago’s O’ Hare Airport.

Understandably, media attention shifted immediately to cover this “new” threat to our nation’s security. Attorney General John Ashcroft, of course, failed to mention that the hapless Padilla had been “wrapped up” three weeks earlier and that the charges levied at him in the press were entirely without merit. (No charges have ever been filed against Padilla who still remains imprisoned three years later)

If the public had the opportunity to hear Rowley’s testimony, most of which was excerpted from a 17 page memo directed to FBI chief, Robert Mueller, they would have seen that the FBI was directly involved in suppressing investigations of terrorist suspects in the US prior to 9-11. The orders for such action could have only come from the White House; from those who had a vested interest in making sure that terrorists were successful in penetrating our security systems so they could carry out their mission.

<link> http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2004%20opinions/September/7%20o/Diverting%20Justice%20John%20Ashcroft%20and%20the%20politics%20of%20distraction%20By%20Mike%20Whitney.htm

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3. Very interesting...

Who is this Mike Whitney? Not your average Al Jazeerah reporter name!

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2. He's busy jumping the gun on suspected TERRAHISTS! so much

so that he is losing almost every major case they have.