WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web
sites) told the Sept. 11 commission on Tuesday the Clinton
administration bore most of the blame for the attacks because it
allowed the nation's defenses to wither for eight years.

Yada, yada, yada. Be a man you moron. Accept a little blame of your
own. I guess your biggest priority was covering up some naked statues.
Gotta keep those priorities straight.

"Earlier, Thomas Pickard, who was acting FBI director in the summer of
2001, said Ashcroft had blocked the funds he sought.

"The additional funds we were looking for on counterterrorism were
denied," Pickard said. He appealed the decision but added, "On Sept.
12, (the day after the attacks) I read a denial of that appeal from
the attorney general."

"The second report quoted Pickard as saying he had briefed Ashcroft on
terrorist threats in late June and July 2001 but the attorney general
was not interested.

"After two such briefings, the attorney general told him he did not
want to hear this information anymore," the report quoted Pickard as
saying. Pickard himself repeated the charge in his testimony but
Ashcroft vehemently denied it."

MURDERER! Ashcroft needs to be put in prison. Along with his idiotic
boss!