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In reply to the discussion: George W. Bush -- Hero! [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)7. Ashcroft Knew.
Ashcroft Flying High
CBS News
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2001
Fishing rod in hand, Attorney General John Ashcroft left on a weekend trip to Missouri Thursday afternoon aboard a chartered government jet, reports CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart.
In response to inquiries from CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the Justice Department cited what it called a "threat assessment" by the FBI, and said Ashcroft has been advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term.
"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.
A senior official at the CIA said he was unaware of specific threats against any Cabinet member, and Ashcroft himself, in a speech in California, seemed unsure of the nature of the threat.
"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."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ashcroft-flying-high/
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bush* knew something was going to happen, just not when, and probably not exactly the what.
Raster
Sep 2014
#12
Before I retired I was in a carpool with some Rethugs and mentioned some of these details to them.
kairos12
Sep 2014
#43
what if you SHOWED them a copy of the August 6 memo "Bin Laden determined to strike in US"
napkinz
Sep 2014
#53
little-by-little and document release by document release the TRUTH will eventually come out...
Raster
Sep 2014
#81
Cheney may well have planned to use a terrorist attack, which they had been warned about . . .
another_liberal
Sep 2014
#14
have you heard the latest? talk of Condi Rice replacing Roger Goodell as NFL commissioner
napkinz
Sep 2014
#39
We should not be carrying forth his policies in Iraq. We should be prosecuting him.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#36
If I recall, he spent most of August 2001 vacation clearing brush and figuring out
kairos12
Sep 2014
#42
TPTB will not allow a Republican to be required to account, no matter: how inept or illegal,
indepat
Sep 2014
#45
I wouldn't know what to call it, though... Since you're back, I'll post something...
freshwest
Sep 2014
#64
Was expecting flames, nice to see your reply. I think you'll be heartened by the OP.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#67
ignored August 6 memo, lied us into war against Iraq, tanked the economy ... and they paid no price
napkinz
Sep 2014
#56
Protected and ongoing: Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War
woo me with science
Sep 2014
#69