Ashcroft still has a job because…?
You fill in the rest, because the reason is certainly beyond my ability to grasp. As usual, Krugman is right on the mark:
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.
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First, there’s the absence of any major successful prosecutions.
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Then there is the lack of any major captures.
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But most important is the memo. Last week Mr. Ashcroft, apparently in contempt of Congress, refused to release a memo on torture his department prepared for the White House almost two years ago.
I’ve often thought that, of all the high-profile members of the Bush administration, Ashcroft would be the one to get fired. Isn’t it about time he was?
