Another squeal heard, a little
Another squeal heard, a little less loudly, is "Ashcroft Knew!" However, by paying some slight attention to the content of the newspaper articles about Ashcroft's flight arrangements, it will be discovered by all but the most obdurate that the FBI's threat assessment was related to personal threats against his safety. This can be found by actually reading the CBS news piece from July 26, 2001, as well as yesterday's statement by the Justice Department.
Given the fact that Ashcroft is, if anything, more hated than Bush, and that no other Cabinet members were advised to travel by private jet, the conflation of this nonstory with the '9/11 warning' nonstory can safely be ascribed to prejudicial thinking.
